A New Revenue Stream
Convert unused roof space into predictable, contracted lease income, paid monthly and escalating annually, for two decades or more.
In partnership with Austin Energy
Turning roofs into revenue.
Your roof is already paid for. Put it to work. Lease your unused rooftop space and generate steady, contracted income for 25 years, with zero capital and zero operational burden.
750+ solar installations
~155 MW utility-scale pipeline
Backed by a 35-year roofing pedigree
Austin Energy Standing Offer Program
Austin Energy buys the power. You collect the rent.
The Opportunity
Austin's grid has a gap. Your roof fills it.
Central Texas is absorbing one of the fastest load increases in the country. To add local capacity quickly, Austin Energy created the Solar Standing Offer Program, paying for distributed solar generation on a long-term, utility-backed basis. The catch: program capacity is finite, and the federal incentive window has a deadline.
We're in our final round of partner conversations ahead of that window closing. The owners who move now lock in the best positions.
Why Austin, why now
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Utility offtake term
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Annual lease rate, per usable sq ft
The Offer, Simply
The easiest lease you'll ever say yes to.
Zero CapEx
We fund 100% of engineering, permitting, Tier-1 equipment, installation, interconnection, insurance, and ongoing operations. Nothing comes out of your budget.
Fully Managed
We own, operate, monitor, insure, and carry full system liability. You focus on your business; we handle every panel on the roof.
Austin EnergyS&P Global issuer rating, 2025
The tenant is the utility. Power is sold directly to Austin Energy under the Standing Offer Program: a municipal utility offtaker, not a private credit.
25-year offtake. A long-dated, utility-backed agreement underpins the project, and your lease.
Your income is fixed, not production-linked. You're paid a fixed rate per square foot with a 1% annual escalator, independent of how much the system generates.
The Credibility Question
"What's the credit behind the contract?"
It's the question every credibility-minded owner asks before anything else. The answer is short.
Your counterparty is Austin Energy. Rated AA− by S&P Global.
See how the program works
How It Works
From analysis to cash flow in about six months.
01
Monetization Analysis
We assess your roof (usable area, structure, transformer capacity, and interconnection viability) and return a clear, no-obligation estimate of its lease value.
02
Agreement & Engineering
We execute the lease, complete third-party structural sign-off, and handle permitting, Austin Energy approvals, and grid interconnection, all on our dime.
03
Installation & Cash Flow
Our affiliated roofing and solar crews install in 3–9 weeks with minimal disruption. The system energizes, sells power to Austin Energy, and your lease payments begin.
Lease Calculator
What could your roof earn?
Move the slider. The estimate is live, transparent, and based on our standard $0.40 per usable square foot, per year.
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sq ft
building(s)
Estimated annual lease income
$40,000
$1,000,000
Total over 25-year term iBase estimate before the 1% annual rent escalator, which adds further upside over the term.
$0.40/sf/yr
Rate iWhy $0.40? The rate is set by the lender debt-service coverage (DSCR) requirements that make the project financeable. A higher rate would push the project below financeable levels.
Illustrative estimate. Actual rates depend on a site inspection: available area, transformer capacity, roof age and condition, structural viability, and interconnection.
Track Record
Ten years in. Multiple awards. And we're just getting started.
Energy Economics Solar is the U.S. arm of an established, certified solar developer with a decade-deep record and a roofing company in its DNA.
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Solar installations completed
~155 MW
Utility-scale development pipeline
2016
First commercial solar project delivered
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Integrated roofing pedigree, since 1988
Landlord Protections
Every objection, answered before you raise it.
Roof warranty. Structural load. Insurance. Refinancing. A future sale. Tenants. End of term. We've engineered the lease so a credibility-minded owner can't poke a hole in it.
Roof warranty preserved
Step-in rights
SNDA & lender consent
You named additional insured
Review the protections
Who We Are
Operators who do this for a living.
A founder-led team spanning solar development, project finance, construction, and commercial real estate, building the U.S. arm of a company with a ten-year head start.
Josh Persaud
CEO & Founder
Andrew Jenkins
Chief Commercial Officer
Jim Jacobsen
VP, Co-Founder
Sean Lipinski
Chief Operating Officer
Questions
The short answers.
Nothing. There's zero upfront cost and no operational burden. We fund 100% of development, equipment, installation, insurance, and ongoing operations.
Power is sold to Austin Energy under the Solar Standing Offer Program, a municipal utility offtaker carrying an AA− issuer rating from S&P Global (2025). The offtake runs 25 years. Your counterparty is, effectively, the utility.
$0.40 per usable square foot per year, with a 1% annual escalator. The rate is governed by lender debt-service-coverage (DSCR) requirements that keep the project financeable; a higher rate would push the project below the threshold lenders will fund.
Roughly 50,000 sq ft of usable roof on a single building. Have several smaller buildings? We can aggregate a portfolio to reach the threshold.
No. We coordinate attachment methods with your roofing manufacturer to keep warranties intact, and no system is installed without third-party structural engineering sign-off. If our installation ever causes a leak, we remediate it.
The lease transfers with the property. Contracted lease income often increases the building's valuation and appeal to buyers.
Get Started
Find out what your rooftop is worth.
A free, no-obligation Roof Monetization Analysis: your roof's lease value, the structure, and the upside, in plain numbers.
Prefer to talk? Our team is Austin-based. Call direct at 512.967.3663.