Financing solar energy: state policy options

Journal Article · · J. Legis.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6131554

Roberti, D A

To encourage the use of solar energy resources, the state must organize existing public and private resources. The political and economic conditions for such an effort already exist: consumer dissatisfaction with utility rate increases, pressure on utilities for less expensive alternatives, the maturation of the solar energy industry, and public acceptance of solar energy as one means of meeting the energy challenges of the future. States have the tools to overcome the financial barriers to solar commercialization and to implement a program which will unite consumers, utilities, solar contractors, and private lenders in a cooperative effort to slow the rate of energy cost increases. These tools include tax policies, utility financing arrangements, utility investments, utility loans, and utility credits. By accepting leadership in the search for energy solutions, states will demonstrate that they are the logical, decentralized locus for solar-policy innovation.

• Research Organization: California State Senate, Hollywood
• OSTI ID: 6131554
• Journal Information: J. Legis.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Legis.; (United States) Vol. 8:1; ISSN JLEGD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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