Community Solar Ready to Shine

Community solar, renewables developed by third parties, is ripe to grow dramatically in America, said Jeff Cramer, president and CEO for the Coalition for Community Solar Access

“It’s thousands of projects around the country in over 20 states across the country” Cramer told the Grid Talk podcast.

“But as you look to the future and you look in the long run and not even that distant of a future, we’re seeing multiples of that 6 gigawatts (now) on the system.”

Cramer recently sat down for an exclusive interview with Grid Talk, the fast-growing podcast on the future of energy and electricity launched three years ago by the U.S. Department of Energy.

It can be heard on your podcast platform or accessed at smartgrid.gov/gridtalk.

“We’ve figured out a way for any electricity customer to be able to participate and benefit from local clean energy deployment in less than five minutes with guaranteed savings,” Cramer said.

“Up to 10 states now that don’t have Community Solar that are considering through the legislative process,” he said.

Community Solar is now available in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.