LA100 Equity Strategies. Chapter 8: Equitable Rooftop Solar Access and Benefits

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2221840· OSTI ID:2221840

Sekar, Ashok ^[1]; Prasanna, Ashreeta ^[1]; Das, Paritosh ^[1]; Day, Megan ^[1]; Anderson, Kate ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

The LA100 Equity Strategies project integrates community guidance with robust research, modeling, and analysis to identify strategy options that can increase equitable outcomes in Los Angeles' clean energy transition. This chapter focuses on analysis of customer-sited rooftop solar and storage as a means to reduce electricity bills for low- and moderate-income (LMI) households, multifamily building residents, and renters, who traditionally lack access to bill savings from rooftop solar. Specifically, NREL modeled customer-sited solar and storage adoption using the Distributed Generation Market Demand (dGen™)1 model through 2035 and developed scenarios to identify programs or policies that could support equitable access to bill savings from rooftop solar or solar-plus-storage. Scenarios tested include a direct-install program for LMI customers, net metering for LMI customers, and equitable distribution of benefits from installing solar between owners and renters of renter-occupied buildings. Research was guided by input from the community engagement process, and equity strategies are presented in alignment with that guidance.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 2221840
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP--7A40-85955; MainId:86728; UUID:06e9ef59-6da8-4a0b-9f8b-21fe12737c6c; MainAdminID:70839
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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