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Incentives drive adoption

With the emerging energy justice agenda, US policymakers could use incentives to help low- to moderate-income households adopt solar, according to a recent Lawrence Berkeley National Lab report. The report identifies which subsidies are working, which programs had sustained impacts over the years, and the spillover effect that happens when low- to moderate-income households adopt solar without incentives.

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Anne Fischer

06 May 2022

Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Many US states offer incentives to promote residential rooftop solar adoption; however, as prices of solar have declined, the incentives have phased down or out. The truth remains, though, that for low- to moderate-income (LMI) households, the relatively high up-front costs of going solar are often a deterrent. Eric O’Shaughnessy, a researcher at Lawrence Berkeley …

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