Courtesy of Radiance Solar LLC
Amicus O&M Cooperative is a community of solar operations and maintenance (O&M) providers across North America. Through a set of tools/templates/software, extensive knowledge sharing, and a training program for O&M professionals, the cooperative supports its member companies in offering safe, efficient, standardized services. The cooperative itself does not perform O&M work; rather, it supports the member-companies and the member-companies work directly with clients.
50+ Member Companies
Servicing over 3GW
Residential to Utility Scale
Safety-Certified Technicians
Tenured Solar Companies
Our mission is to elevate the stewards of sustainable energy systems.
Core Values
Light the Beacon
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We identify the unrecognized opportunities in solar and BESS O&M: the unsolved problems, the inertia of “how it’s always been done,” and the unmet needs of our member-companies. Once we illuminate what’s hidden, we clear the path ahead, providing playbooks, shared intelligence, and ongoing support so our industry can navigate successfully toward what’s needed next.
Strengthen our Community
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We strengthen our community at two levels: supporting the growth of our existing companies and strategically expanding our community with companies that share our values, all with an eye to helping members provide solar PV and BESS O&M services safely, efficiently, and profitably.
Empower the Doers
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Solar PV and BESS O&M technicians are the Integrity Department of our industry, who ensure that our systems deliver as promised. We champion their craft and arm them with knowledge, tools, and pathways to advance.
Our Team & Board of Directors
Amanda Bybee
Amicus O&M Cooperative, CEO
Zack Hobbs
Carolina Solar Services
Conrad Gross
Energy Support Services
Micah Breeden
Allterra Solar
Ali Baird
CalCom Energy
Caitlin Garrity
Kokosing Solar
James Hasselbeck
ReVision Energy
About Cooperatives
Cooperatives are member-owned, democratically-managed organizations. Each member-company owns a single share in the cooperative, giving it an equal vote in matters of governance as well as an equal share in the profit the cooperative generates. Thanks to this structure, the member-companies have a different kind of relationship than is typically found in conventional business relationships, in that they operate as equals. We believe that this is a better way to do business and that it results in all our member-companies providing better customer service and higher quality work.
Each member-company’s success is rooted in the strength of the group. The cooperative model is naturally collaborative, and fosters an environment of knowledge sharing to assist each member-company with technical issues, ultimately enhancing the performance of solar PV systems throughout the U.S.
Cooperatives follow a common set of principles, adopted by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) in 1995. They include: voluntary and open membership, democratic member control, members’ economic participation, autonomy and independence, education, training and information, cooperation among cooperatives, and concern for community. For more information about the ICA, visit: www.ica.coop
Our sister cooperative
Through our sister organization, the Amicus Solar Cooperative, member-companies pool their purchasing power to obtain lower pricing on both the products they sell (solar PV modules, inverters, racking, etc.) and the services they utilize (marketing, payroll, office supplies, freight, fuel cards, credit card processing, software, etc.). In 2016, a subset of Amicus Solar member-companies collaborated to secure a U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative award to launch a new, independent cooperative, the Amicus O&M Cooperative, to help fill yet another solar industry need: streamlined, cost-effective operations and maintenance (O&M) services to ensure that solar PV systems fulfill their performance expectations over the short and long term.
What’s in a name?
While they operate independently, the two cooperatives are closely linked through the shared name, shared membership, and shared missions.
