Christmas arrived a couple of days early for two solar power developers chosen Friday by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to build a total of 10 megawatts of clean power that will go into the electric grid.

Despite a tight timetable that prompted complaints, developers proposed 21 projects, with the winners promising clean energy at lower-than-expected prices. The two projects could power about 10,000 homes.

HelioSage, a major clean energy developer based in Charlottesville, Va. was chosen to develop a five-megawatt solar ground array on a 50-acre site at 407 South Road in Somers.

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