Thecooperative will install, own, and maintain the panels that they install and sell the generated power to the host institutions.As a for profit business they are entitled to government solar incentives that non-profit universities and hospitals cannot receive.Because solar installation is not a year-round business in the Ohio, the cooperative diversified with a weatherization program for the colder months in order to create full-time jobs.
CEO Steve Kiel, who says he is like an employee of the cooperative's 20 worker-owners, explains his goals include structured wealth creation for the workers' long term economic security. A share of the company's surplus is allocated to the workers but retained in the company, capitalizing the business while creating long-term individual savings.