Key Fact
Most states could meet at least 20 percent of their electricity needs with rooftop solar alone.
Key Policy Issues
Third Party Ownership
Interconnection
Featured Resources
The State(s) of Distributed Solar
2024 Community Power Scorecard
Presentation: Utilities Aren’t Telling the Whole Truth About Solar Costs
Video: Why Utility Execs Hate Distributed Solar
Report: Advantage Local
Podcast: Don’t Follow California’s Lead on Rooftop Solar
Recent Content
Energy Bill Advances Rooftop and Distributed Solar in Minnesota
The bill improves local rooftop solar permitting, addresses interconnection barriers, and provides sustained funding for solar incentive programs that include incentives for low income Minnesotans.
The State(s) of Distributed Solar — 2023 Update
How much of the U.S. solar fleet is made up of smaller, distributed sources that help communities build local wealth? This 2023 update examines the...
A San Diego Solar Takeover — Episode 206 of Local Energy Rules
Dorrie Bruggemann and Bill Powers discuss how a publicly-owned San Diego electric utility would be more supportive of distributed solar, offer lower rates thanks to...
Arizona’s High Stakes Utility Election — Episode 205 of Local Energy Rules
Charlie Fisher discusses the upcoming Salt River Project election and how clean energy advocates could flip the public utility's board and reverse anti-solar and anti-democratic...