Amicus O&M Cooperative

The Amicus O&M Cooperative brings together a network of independent solar companies across the U.S. to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services for geographically distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) portfolios. Our member-companies provide client-facing services and perform onsite preventive and corrective maintenance work, while the cooperative offers a common infrastructure that enables them to deliver improved service for less.

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. 

MISSION

Our mission is to ensure that solar PV fulfills its promise as a responsible and reliable energy source, for generations to come.

VALUES

• We engage collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve our common goals; listening closely to understand each party’s interests, compromising where needed to find common ground, and sharing ideas, solutions, and best practices to maintain the performance of solar assets in our care.
• Reliability is a hallmark of our members: they are consistent and dependable in following through with their commitments to each other and to clients. Similarly, we seek to make solar PV assets as reliable as we are: for solar PV to be regarded as a credible energy source, it must perform to expectation.
• We strive to treat all stakeholders fairly and with respect: we honor the value of each member-company’s work, equitably apportioning benefits of membership in the cooperative; and we treat clients and partners fairly by sharing risk and reward.
• We are in the business of ensuring that solar PV systems will perform well for decades to come; as such, we employ long-term thinking in our approach to their operations and maintenance.