Pathway 2.

Cross-Cutting Approaches to Reducing Emissions → Financing at the Grid Edge

2.5.6 Shared Renewables

LPDD Recommendation: “States should assure that each energy customer may purchase energy through local group or community arrangements.”

LPDD Recommendation: “States should enable customers who own a portion of a community energy project, or have a power purchase agreement for a portion of such a project, to reduce their billing for the property where they consume electricity by the amount of their entitlement in the project on a real-time basis (virtual net metering).”

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Coalition for Community Solar Access

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

A national coalition of businesses and non-profits working to expand community solar.

NREL report: State Considerations for Designing Community Solar Policy

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Analyzing the impacts of program caps, project size caps, subscriber location requirements, subscriber eligibility requirements, low and moderate income stipulations, and subscriber compensation mechanisms.

IREC Shared Renewables Resources

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Model Rules for Shared Renewable Energy Programs, a National Shared Renewables Energy Scorecard, and a Shared Renewables Policy Catalogue