Performance of solar leasing for low- and middle-income customers in Connecticut

In 2015, Connecticut Green Bank, in partnership with the solar and energy efficiency company PosiGen, launched a solar leasing program that targets low- and moderate-income homeowners. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory analyzed the financial performance of the program. Berkeley Lab’s study shows that the program has successfully reached underserved customers and has reasonable repayment rates given the credit characteristics of the participants.

This research was supported by U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office and by the Clean Energy States Alliance’s Scaling Up Solar for Under-Resourced Communities Project.