Expanding Solar Opportunity - Webinars
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Expanding Solar Market Participation and Consumer Confidence: Two Award-Winning Programs by the Illinois Power Agency
The Illinois Power Agency (IPA) is working to build a solar market that is diverse, inclusive, and low risk. IPA’s solar initiatives were recently recognized with two State Leadership in Clean Energy Awards based on their leadership, innovation, cost-effectiveness, and replicability. In this CESA webinar, speakers from IPA will present their award-winning programs. The Illinois…
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Overcoming Barriers to Solar+Storage in Critical Facilities Serving Low-Income Communities
As part of CESA’s Scaling Up Solar for Under-Resourced Communities Project, Clean Energy Group conducted a survey of municipalities, community organizations, affordable housing developers, and technical service providers who have been involved in developing solar+storage projects. This webinar will focus on highlights of the survey.
Collaborating with Community-Based Organizations: An Energy Justice Primer for States
Solar development in under-resourced communities will be most effective and equitable when trusted community organizations are involved. Panelists discussed a new guidebook for state energy agencies that are looking to strengthen their relationships with local under-resourced communities or are beginning to engage in energy justice work.
Community Solar Program Design and Implementation for Low-and Moderate-Income Customers
Guest speakers from NREL discussed their forthcoming report, which reviews existing and emerging LMI community solar programs, discusses key questions related to program design, outlines how states can leverage incentives and finance structures to lower the cost of LMI community solar, and examines marketing and outreach considerations.
In this webinar, Jeff Cook and Lori Bird of NREL discussed the most promising strategies state policymakers might consider using to finance solar PV for low- and moderate-income customers across three housing types: single family, multifamily, and manufactured housing.
Consumer Protections for Community Solar
This webinar discussed consumer protection issues that may arise in community solar projects for residential consumers, and the role states play in ensuring appropriate consumer protections.
CESA has produced a guide for state and municipal officials on bringing the benefits of solar to low-income consumers. In this webinar, report author Ben Paulos (PaulosAnalysis) provided an overview and addressed questions from the audience.
Solar+Storage for Low- and Moderate-Income Communities
The webinar explained how solar+storage can benefit low- and moderate-income communities and described a variety of policy tools for doing so, including grants, rebates, utility procurement standards, financing support, opening markets, and soft cost reductions.
Solar Equipment, Installation, and Licensing & Certification: A Guide for States and Municipalities
CESA’s new report is designed to inform state and municipal officials who are developing or revising solar standards and requirements. In this webinar, report authors provided an overview of the guide and addressed questions from the audience.
Designing Publicly Supported Solar Loan Programs
This webinar overviews CESA’s new best practices guidebook on designing publicly supported residential solar loan programs. NREL’s Travis Lowder and CT Green Bank’s Ben Healey presented.
Advice for States on Providing Solar Information to Consumers
This webinar provided an overview of CESA’s new guide for state program managers on providing solar information to consumers. The guide explains why states should provide consumer information on solar, describes the types of information that can be useful, and points out existing educational efforts by states and other entities that provide models and useful resource information.
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