ATLANTA – Six years ago, the General Assembly passed legislation allowing Georgia property owners to use third-party financing to install rooftop solar panels at their homes and businesses.
Now, representatives of solar installers and their environmentalist allies are warning the momentum the industry has built since 2015 could grind to a halt unless the state Public Service Commission (PSC) orders Georgia Power to lift a cap on a pilot rooftop solar program limited to 5,000 customers. The program is about to hit that cap because of an unexpected surge of interest.
“It’s a very popular program,” Don Moreland, policy chairman for the Georgia Solar Energy Association and owner-operator of Solar CrowdSource, told the PSC during a recent hearing. “[But] once we hit this cap … it is going to cause the rooftop market to completely crash.”
Solar industry reps urge Georgia PSC to expand popular rooftop program
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2020 Trends Making and Braking Rooftop Solar in the South
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced its 2020 Solar Makers and Brakers list highlighting some of the most impactful policies affecting rooftop solar growth across the sunny South.
The 2020 Solar Makers include states, regulators and utilities taking action to encourage rooftop solar. This year s Solar Brakers shed light on utility policies that undermine, and in some cases, completely put the brakes on rooftop solar as a cost-effective, clean energy choice for Southerners.
The Southern Environmental Law Center’s “Makers” and “Brakers” this year highlight some of the most