Shining a Light on Equitable Solar Energy: Addressing Challenges and Enhancing Opportunities for Business Participation in Community Solar

Enabling community solar projects is an underutilized strategy for increasing renewable energy generation and offers potential solutions for addressing disparities in solar energy distribution. This policy brief identifies the need for community solar programs and recommends modifying tax incentives for businesses to reduce costs of solar installation and encourage energy distribution and the creation of partnerships between businesses and the public community.