Building Back Better w/ Community Savings (That Pay for Themselves) Enter your email to join the community and recieve updates Submit Learn More More content coming! Create your own Community Savings Project I pay $ per monthper yearper weekper dayper hour for . With in our community, all together, we spend $2,000,000 per year on energy. With a , we could save 40% on energy — creating $800,000 in savings every year. If a community microgrid costs $, and creates $800,000 in savings per year, we can share 50% of the savings and pay back the funding in 12.5 years — giving the funders a 2.00% annual rate of return. And from then on, we enjoy the community microgrid and a full $800,000 in yearly savings in our community.