Achieving Cooperative Community Equitable Solar Sources (ACCESS)

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This project will provide models, best practices, and other materials for cooperative utilities, solar developers, and community and regional financial institutions to expand solar affordability in low- to moderate-income communities. The team will investigate solutions that will streamline customer access to solar, enable small-scale solar projects to more easily obtain the economic benefits available to larger-scale projects, and use financial mechanisms that leverage opportunity zone benefits, among other challenges. The project incorporates participation from rural electric cooperatives, community and regional financial institutions, nonprofits, foundations, solar developers, economic development agencies, and current and potential customers.