What is plug-in solar?
Plug-in solar panels connect directly to a standard home outlet, allowing solar energy to flow into your home's electrical circuit and reduce the electricity you draw from the grid.
Hang it or stand it
On a balcony rail, a wall, a fence, or the ground. Anywhere with good sun.
Watch your bill drop
Your daytime appliances draw from the panel first and the grid second.
Plug into an outlet
A standard outdoor outlet. The built-in microinverter handles the rest.
Go Green
Lower emissions, cleaner air, and a brighter future
HOW IT WORKS
OUR BALCONY SOLAR KIT
Plug-in solar, shipped to your door.
A certified kit that hangs on a railing or stands in your yard, plugs into a standard outlet and starts saving the same day. Members buy it at cost.
MEMBER-ONLY PRICE
180 W · one panel
MEMBER-ONLY PRICE
360 W · two panels
Saves up to $240 a year · Free shipping available · Membership $29/year
GET INVOLVED
How to get plugged in
LEARN
Understand plug-in solar
Learn how it works, whether it's right for your home, and what to look for in a kit.
ACT
Make it legal where you live
See where your state stands, email your legislator, and share your story.
JOIN
Power the movement
$29 a year funds our policy and education work, gives you a voice, and unlocks at-cost pricing.
BUY
Get panels at cost
Members buy our Balcony Solar Kit at exactly what it costs us. No markup.
WHY MEMBERSHIP MATTERS
We are building a movement.
Bright Saver is a nonprofit. Membership lets us offer solar at cost while supporting our work to make plug-in solar accessible across the country.
A $29 Membership
Funds the mission -
people, policy, purpose
Unlocks At-Cost Pricing
Plug-in solar at exactly what it costs us.
MEMBER-ONLY PRICE
Grows the Voice and Buying Power
Manufacturers and lawmakers take notice.
And Changes Systems
Clean energy becomes the obvious, affordable default.
WATCH
Plug-in solar and Bright Saver in the news
PBS NEWS HOUR
Small plug-in solar panels gain traction as an affordable way to cut electricity bills
CBS 8 SAN DIEGO
California passes legislation allowing plug-in or 'balcony' solar
FOX 5 NEW YORK
New bill would let New Yorkers hang solar panels from windows
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