Thanks for your interest in going solar at one of our group off-site solar farms.

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1 Page 1 of 15 September 2015 Dear : Group Solar Farm Panel Purchase and License Quote Thanks for your interest in going solar at one of our group off-site solar farms. If you are a Green Mountain Power (GMP) customer, for every $62 of your annual bill you d like to cover you need to purchase $1,000 worth of solar panels and have them connected at one of our farms. When you pay federal taxes you could take a 30% tax credit, thus lowering your panel cost to $700, which results in an 11 year payback on your investment. If you live outside of GMP s service territory, for every $51 of your annual utility bill you need to purchase $1,000 of solar panels. You are also eligible for the federal tax credit, which means your payback would be 13 years. In either case, your panels would be connected to the grid at one of our solar farms for 30 years. The land, racking structure, inverters, wiring, maintenance, taxes and insurance is all included in the one-time buy-in price. Pay once & get 30 years of savings. We also offer a buy-out option should you move or your plans change. All of these details are discussed in the attached document. Details of the examples presented are at the end of this packet. Should you be interested in financing your purchase you could (if you are a GMP customer), after you capture the tax credit, invest approximately 65% of the invoiced cost and your new interest and principal payments would equal your savings for 15 years and then, after the loan is retired, your savings continue for an additional 15 years. Your next step would be to confirm the scale of your purchase, your address, the names you d want on your contract, your GMP account number (if relevant) and any particular constraints you may have regarding availability and timing of your payment. We ask for a 10% deposit when you reserve your panels, 40% payment when the farm you would enter starts construction (September 2015) and the remaining 50% is due when we activate the farm (December 2015). Sincerely, Bruce Genereaux, Norwich GMCS principal and panel owner Our Operating Solar Farms

2 Page 2 of 15 Eddy Road, Chester, July 2015 Groton #1, December 2014 Our current and future farm sites Our Sites Groton #1 & #2 Chester Waterford g Up next: Groton #2, Groton Timberworks 2126 Scott Highway 650 Panel Farm, permit issued May Construction fall Permits in process: Waterford 150 kw Chester 350 kw One solar farm s panels are generally sold to 15 residences, one or two larger commercial companies, one municipality and one non-profit. Our company, Green Mountain Community Solar LLC (GMCS) is headed by Jamie O Connor and Bruce and Steve Genereaux. Steve and Jamie, both healthcare professionals, live with their family on a solar-powered hillside farm in Ryegate. Bruce, a small business owner/operator and financial consultant, lives in Norwich. We own panels in Groton #1 and Eddy Road for our residences and in all GMCS solar farms as business owners.

3 Page 3 of 15 Why Community Solar versus at Your Residence or Business? According to industry research, up to 70% of homes either cannot have panels placed on or nearby. Even if they can, placement is less than ideal i.e., shading or wrong orientation of the panels. Some folks don't want to cut trees, don't want holes in their roofs, or don't want to worry about maintenance or what happens when they move or have to replace shingles. Community solar sites such as ours are selected for optimal sun exposure to get you the best possible solar production each year. Our sites are built in bulk, where economies of scale allow us to keep costs down. Other benefits of a Green Mountain Community Solar offer include our buyout and inclusion of any residence or business address yes, you can be in any state or utility service territory and purchase panels and get their benefits. How you fit in your arrangement 1. You purchase solar panels and have the option to get a 30-year license from GMCS to join one of our farm s net metering group. By joining a group your panels electricity net metering credit is allocated to your GMP account or, if you are not a GMP account holder, your credits are applied to one of our corporate or municipal partners through whom we pay you 90% of your credits value to you. 2. Your investment cost and associated savings: Take your average annual electric utility bill divide it by $62 and multiply the result by $1,000. This is the panel purchase cost needed to achieve your savings. Depending on the panel sizes we use in our projects the actual number of panels that will produce this savings will vary. Our specific quote to you will specify the panel count, panel capacity, and our estimate of its annual savings. Your savings will be higher if you are a customer of Green Mountain Power and approximately 15% lower if you are not a GMP customer. Regardless of geography, if you expect to pay federal income taxes, you can take a tax credit of 30% of your investment amount if the utility bill against which your credits or check will be applied is either your primary or secondary residence using IRS Form 5695 or your purchase was for your business, you d use IRS form Our costs equate to $3.80/watt before the federal ITC and $2.66 after the federal ITC. 3. Financing: It is possible for a household or business to borrow the money and pay the same or less in loan payments than they currently pay for electricity. Financing can be arranged through the bank of your choice, or through Green Mountain Credit Union (Matt Wilson at ) or Vermont Employees Credit Union s VGreen program ( ). Both have specific programs for this type of project and can be secured by the panels, thus avoiding any additional burdens on any home equity. By our calculations, if one borrows between 50 and 70% of the cost (30% is paid through the federal tax credit), then the new interest and principal payments

4 Page 4 of 15 on the loan are similar to the credit value. Once the loan is paid, then your credits continue. This is a way of paying little or no money out and still going solar. 4. Your Savings: Come in the form of a monthly credit to your utility bill or a check. 5. GMP Credit Elements: For the first ten years the amount of your credit is calculated by taking the kwhs produced by your panels times the GMP Rate #1 ( cents/kwh as of October 2015) plus the VT Solar Adder solar incentive (4.3 cents/kwh) plus (if you are a GMP Rate #1 residential customer) the efficiency charge of 1.17 cents per kwh. Ten years after the farm is connected to GMPs grid, the Solar Adder ceases and the credit value is equal to the kwhs produced times only the then GMP Rate #1 plus the efficiency charge (if you are a GMP customer) for each monthly bill. This Rate #1 is proposed by GMP and authorized by the VT Public Service Board. The risk that the GMP Rate #1 would go down exists, but if that happened that would strand GMP assets and contracts. The likelihood of GMP s Rate #1 increasing depends on the markets for electricity in New England and costs of future generation capacity of GMP. 6. Future GMP Rates: Our research indicates that the GMP Rate #1, at which your credit value is dependent, will likely rise at an average of 2.5% per year starting in Our basis is that GMP s rate increases have averaged 2.5% per year over the last ten years. If one assumes that GMP rates do not increase, then your life of project return declines by approximately 2% and payback increases by one year. 7. All solar farm fields have annual decreases in kwh output this is industry standard. Our panel manufacturers warrant theirs at 82.5% of rated capacity after 25-years, a.6% decline per year. Since the GMP rate is expected to climb faster than the panels output degradation rate, your savings increase each year. Our 30 year cash flow estimate disclosure shows these elements. 8. During a particular year, your credit will be greater in summer and lower in winter, averaging out over the year. This is what is called net metering. 9. Our business model: We sell electric credits from panels we own in the farm to pay for maintenance of the field. We purchase and own a minimum of 30% of the panels. Additionally, we secure funding for inverter replacements required in year 15. You pay only once. These aspects and commitments that we make create an incentive for us to be sure that the field operates as expected.

5 Page 5 of After 30 years. Your initial lease expires, at which time you can choose to take your panels back we ll take them off of the racks for you to pick up, or, since our land lessors have granted us two 15 year extension options (subject to favorable economics for us), you may elect to join in any lease extension. Should we extend the lease (we plan on doing this as the project will be all set up and the panels will still be functioning at 82.5% of their nameplate capacity), we expect that your cost to re-up in 2045 will be your share of the cost to replace the inverters a second time plus some to-be-understood cost of operations that factors in any new realities such as GMP s pay rate, land costs, state fees/taxes and panel & inverter technology. 11. No changes happen at your home or business: Your physical connection to your electric utility s grid is not touched. Electricity produced at the field passes through a meter at the solar farm, and your percent of the field s electricity is allocated to your GMP account. While you may or may not use your panels actual solar-produced electrons as they are mixed into the grid, you will get your share of the credits earned by those electrons assigned to your account. In the case where you are not a GMP customer, your credits are assigned to our corporate partners account and 90% of that value is paid monthly to you. 12. Buy-in terms: 10% to reserve your panels, 40% on start of construction and remaining 50% on commissioning. Our next farm, Groton Timberworks is now under construction by DCEI Energy of Burlingon. Completion is set before the end of 2015 to ensure you have option to take the federal tax credit with any 2015 tax return. 13. We offer a buyout option at a sliding scale reflecting fair market value twice a year. You will see an estimate of this value on any quote you request. Alternatively to a buy-out, you may transfer or sell your panels and license to anyone else in the GMP service territory at any time during the 30-year term. We make no representation as to the availability of buyers of your panels other than us. Common questions 1 What does it cost? For every $1,000 of solar panels you purchase and place at one of our farms, you get about $62/year of credits against your GMP electric utility bill for 30 years. Buying panels through Green Mountain Community Solar costs about the same as if you placed panels on your house or in your backyard and eliminates the permits, possible shading/aesthetics issues, and maintenance. Let us know your average monthly bill and we ll give you a custom quote that shows year by year your savings and the actual costs. Are we competitive? Yes, our prices are $3.80/watt before the ITC. Industry quotes prices on a dollar for each watt installed after your investment tax credit (ITC) is taken. Our post-itc

6 Page 6 of 15 price is $2.66/watt (DC). Our research into our Community Solar competitors rates shows they range from $4.00/watt (DC) to $2.22/watt (DC) after ITC. Be sure to fully understand the relationship you d be entering and request a detailed cash flow forecast to accurately compare prices. Does the competitive quote offer a buy out? And, if you are looking at placing panels at your home or business, know that every home installation price will vary depending on your roof, your yard and the productivity of your particular site may vary from the closer-to-ideal siting allowed by our off-site solar farms. 2 Do I own the panels? Do I get a state rebate? Does my purchase qualify for the federal investment tax credit? What about Renewable Energy Credits? Yes you own the panels. Your ownership entitles you, by law, to take the federal tax credit secured by filing form 5695 (or form 3468 if you are a business). There are no VT or other state rebates of which we are aware that in which off-site group solar farm panel ownership would qualify. By default, we retain the renewable energy credits (RECs) associated with our solar farms unless directed by you to have them retired, in which case we must charge you a 20% premium on your panel price. 3 Does solar make financial sense? By our calculations, at current pricing, the value of the credits you earn from your panels and license would return the same as if an institution similar to a bank paid you 10% each year on your panel purchase price. This equates to our initial cost being repaid after 11 years. If energy prices increase faster than the 2.5% per year we ve assumed (after 2017), your returns may be higher and payback shorter. 4 What if I move? Your monthly credit is associated with your GMP account number, or if you are not a GMP account holder (or move out of GMP territory) if follows your address as you will receive a check each month. Move to a new GMP territory house, get a new GMP account number and we ll direct GMP to credit your new account. Or, if you move out of GMP territory you have four options: 1) we ll buy you out at fair market value in either May or December; 2) you can sell to another GMP account holder; 3) you can elect to receive a check for 90% of your credits value that we would assign to our corporate partners or; 4) you can donate your share to a non-profit located in GMP s service area.

7 Page 7 of 15 5 Can I sell my panels and license and assign credits to someone else? Yes, we can make arrangements for the shift of credits to another GMP customer. Some customers choose to donate to non profits and churches. Sale or transfer of their panels before five years may trigger recapture of any federal tax credit claimed 6 What type of panels and inverters will you use? Panels and inverters will be made by tier 1 manufacturers. We cannot promise the exact panels or manufacturers as our installer may change this on us. 7 I live in an apartment/condo, will Green Mountain Community Solar work for me? Yes, our approach works well for any home owner or tenant and is especially attractive for people who, due to their living situation, have been prevented from owning solar in the past. 8 What happens if I die? Your panels are like any other asset and can be willed to your heirs. Your license can be assigned to a relative's GMP account or you can donate it to any other GMP customer s account including charities. If you are not a GMP customer, then your monthly check associated with your license will be sent where you designate. 9 What happens if I no longer want to be part of Green Mountain Community Solar? We agree to buy back your panels at fair market value anytime. In your contract you will be given the exact expected buyback price for future years. See note above on implications of sale timing. 10 What happens to my panels, license and credits if you go out of business? The project assets (your panels, the wiring, the racks) are insured and will continue to produce electricity and credits for your account regardless of our business s status. Your security is that the credits from our ownership of a minimum 30% of the farm s panels can be secured by the licensees and used to fund maintenance and pay for inverter replacement. Additionally, you and your fellow panel owners have the right to appoint a new manager who will have access to the funds from sale of excess capacity and the inverter replacement funds should we not do the job you want. These items are specified in your license agreement. 11 How can I see how much electricity my share is producing each month? The farm s production is shown on our website and you will be given access to GMP s records.

8 Page 8 of Results of Groton #1 Farm These results are placed here to give you a sense of how our solar farms have performed against predictions. Red (lighter colored) lines indicate predicted kwhs for the geographic location of the Scott Hwy solar array and its particular characteristics 22.5 degree, pointing south, fixed solar panel array with a DC to AC ratio of 1.21 and Canadian Solar 260 watt panels with SMA 20 kw inverters. Data source for the predicted output is NREL in Golden Colorado. NREL uses 10 year historical weather data, and in our case, that of Knapp Airport in Montpelier, approximately 20 miles west of this site. Groton Timberworks is 1 mile east of this site and uses the same predictions and panel orientation and has similar solar exposure. The blue (darker lines) are actual results of the project year to date. Utility rates have not changed and weather does change from predicted norms, so the fact that the project is ahead of estimate now does not mean that it will stay that way.

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10 Page 10 of 15 GMP Customer (Page 1 of 2) 1. Solar savings objective is $600 per year. 2. Customer takes tax credit in following year. 3. Investment in 2015, savings start first of 2016.

11 Page 11 of 15 GMP Customer (Page 2 of 2) 1. Solar savings objective is $600 per year. 2. Customer takes tax credit in following year. 3. Investment in 2015, savings start first of 2016.

12 Page 12 of 15 Non-GMP Customer (Page 1 of 3) 1. Solar savings objective is $600 per year. 2. Customer takes tax credit in following year. 3. Investment in 2015, savings start first of 2016.

13 Page 13 of 15 Non-GMP Customer (Page 2 of 3) 1. Solar savings objective is $600 per year. 2. Customer takes tax credit in following year. 3. Investment in 2015, savings start first of 2016.

14 Page 14 of 15 Non-GMP Customer (Page 3 of 3)

15 Page 15 of 15 Example of a Financed Purchase GMP Customer Example of a Finance Purchase non-gmp Customer