CITIZENS CLIMATE LOBBY ACTION FOR COMMUNITY SOLAR – State Bi-partisan Community Solar Legislation
By MUUSJN on Sunday, May 5th, 2024
Bi-partisan Community Solar legislation is currently in the Michigan State Senate and the House, but needs some help from Michigan citizens to be passed. You can help it pass.
What is a Community Solar project?
- 5 megawatts or less
- Allows anyone with space – e.g., homeowners, small businesses, schools and churches – to install and share a solar facility with their members or neighbors
- Can be rapidly rolled out (2 years or less)
- Currently exists in 22 states
Why is Community Solar important?
Community Solar provides:
- Those who rent, those whose homes are not suitable for a solar installation and those who cannot afford the upfront investment, a chance to access clean energy;
- The opportunity for a realistic and affordable transition to clean energy in communities all over Michigan;
- Benefits to the grid (e.g., increases grid resiliency vis-à-vis large scale disruptions;
- Land and environmental benefits (e,g, preserves land for future uses as it is not a permanent installation); and
- Economic benefits (e.g., would create a $1.47 billion economic impact and generate hundreds of jobs (Michigan Community Solar: An Economic Assessment by SR Miller and W Knudsen, October 2021).
For more information and specific suggestions of what YOU – and your friends, family and neighbors – can do :
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