Help Bring Shared Solar to Southwest Virginia!

Shared solar is a way for businesses, municipal buildings, low-to-moderate income families and renters to go solar by subscribing to a local solar energy system while significantly decreasing their electricity bill! However, Southwest Virginian utilities are currently out of capacity for new shared solar projects.

Learn more on Appalachian Power's Shared Solar Program webpage!

Goal 4 Strategies

Promote policy changes that will help grow the solar and energy storage
industries in Southwest Virginia.

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Shared Solar

A. Expand shared solar.

PPAs

B. Expand access to Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs).

Fund

C. Fund solar-energy focused state boards to facilitate solar energy and energy storage research and installations.

Financing Tools

D. Increase access to tax incentives and innovative financing tools.

Energy Storage

E. Encourage energy storage technologies in Southwest Virginia.

Incentivize

F. Incentivize solar projects on brownfields.

Net Metering

G. Remove restrictions on net metering.