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Coalition for Community Solar Access

Community Ownership Structures, Shared Renewables, Community Renewables and Other DER Ownership Structures
Private Entities
A national coalition of businesses and non-profits working to expand community solar.

NREL report: State Considerations for Designing Community Solar Policy

Community Ownership Structures, Shared Renewables, Community Renewables and Other DER Ownership Structures
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

Community Ownership Structures, Shared Renewables, Community Renewables and Other DER Ownership Structures
States and State Governments
Model Rules for Shared Renewable Energy Programs, a National Shared Renewables Energy Scorecard, and a Shared Renewables Policy Catalogue

Ashland OR’s solar access permit law

Protecting Solar Access Rights
Local Governments
Establishes a procedure for a obtaining a solar access permit to protect a solar energy system from vegetation that would shade the collector.

Wyoming’s 1981 Solar Rights Act

Protecting Solar Access Rights
State Legislatures
Employs a prior appropriation regime and address shading from both human obstructions and from vegetation.

New Mexico’s Solar Rights Act

Protecting Solar Access Rights
State Legislatures
Employs a prior appropriation regime and address shading from both human obstructions and from vegetation.

ABA Model Solar Access Law

Protecting Solar Access Rights
States and State Governments
Covers all forms of solar energy and sources of obstruction.