Coalition for Community Solar Access

We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2024 Community Solar Champion Awards! This group includes legislators, regulators, federal and local officials, organizations, coalition leaders, and solar partners from across the country. CCSA recognizes the influence these individuals and groups had in the expansion of community solar markets. 2024 has been a year of significant growth and momentum for #CommunitySolar thanks to their powerful advocacy and leadership in their respective roles. ☀ https://lnkd.in/eWPcCTYb

Join CCSA's Western Regional Director Derek Chernow next Friday, July 18 at the University of California, Riverside Solar Valley Consortium's webinar focused on what's next for #CommunitySolar in #California. Register for free below! 👇 https://lnkd.in/eHAmz3i7

#CommunitySolar has a key role to play in supporting local farms and boosting state economies. 💸 In Cleveland.com, #Ohio farmer Phil House details how #HB197 stands to help farms like his while bringing new communities into the clean energy economy. Read the full piece below! https://lnkd.in/eJkWV2YF

Thank you to everyone who played a role in making our 2024 #CommunitySolarSummit come to life last month in Denver. From our lineup of inspiring speakers to the amazing partners and sponsors and 500 attendees, it was a time to celebrate how far we have come as an industry and look forward to what lies ahead. Did you have a favorite part of the event? Let us know below and stay tuned for more information later this year on our 2025 Summit!

#ICYMI: Last week, we launched our comprehensive Policy Roadmap based on years of state program innovation and industry experience. Our hope is that this guidance will help bolster our industry's strong momentum.☀️ Read more about it below in pv magazine USA. https://lnkd.in/gQaAtnT4

Today, we are proud to publish our new best-in-class, comprehensive Policy Roadmap that draws on years of state #communitysolar program innovation and industry experience. The Policy Roadmap documents guide legislators, regulators, advocates, and other stakeholders through the entire community solar policy development process — from formulation of program priorities and legislative drafting, through regulatory implementation. As numerous reports continue to show the immense benefits of community solar, these resources can be utilized by a wide range of stakeholders in advocating for equitable clean energy. Find all the documents in the Policy Roadmap here, under the “CCSA & Other Resources” tab: https://lnkd.in/erPBsjEU Read more in the Press Release here: https://lnkd.in/egEkGssG

Reminder! CCSA's Western Regional Director Derek Chernow will be speaking about the future of #CommunitySolar in #California at GridTECH Connect Forum this Wednesday in Newport Beach. With some of the most ambitious sustainability and clean energy goals in the country, California is at the cutting edge of the energy transition, despite confronting its most cumbersome roadblocks. Come join CCSA at the #gridtechconnect event today thru Wednesday and learn more below: https://lnkd.in/ebcRg5a4

We've heard this story before... ➡ New sudden cry for rapid load growth from utilities & fossil generators; ➡ Opportunity for fossil generators & utilities to build more multi-decade centralized power plants & put more steel in the ground to support investors; ➡ Families are left paying the bills for decades to come for unnecessary resources that DERs can easily, quickly, and cost effectively avoid. Kristin G. Eberhard, JD and I offer a different vision and a chance to tell a different and better story for the next chapter of load growth in our recent piece for The Hill. https://lnkd.in/gZ66BCM4 #climatechange #climate #cleanenergy #communitysolar

As CCSA CEO and President Jeff Cramer and Rewiring America's Senior Director of Policy Kristin G. Eberhard, JD write for The Hill, distributed energy resources must play a crucial role in tackling challenges that face our electric grid. 🔌 Read the full article below! https://lnkd.in/eBtN8g5x

Day 2 of the 2024 #CommunitySolarSummit is off to a great start! Thank you to Senator Chris Hansen and Representative John Carson for joining us to discuss why you support clean energy and how we can all help advance #CommunitySolar legislation across the country. ☀