Ten Ways Your Community Can Go Solar Toolkit: Part Eight

Partner with utilities

Cities should work with the electric utilities serving their areas – whether municipal or investor-owned – as partners in unlocking the potential of solar energy. Since utilities manage energy supply and have existing relationships with customers in their service area, their full cooperation in a solar effort can be hugely beneficial.

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This is part one of Environment America Research & Policy Center’s Ten Ways Your Community Can Go Solar Toolkit: Partner with utilities.

Cities should work with the electric utilities serving their areas – whether municipal or investor-owned – as partners in unlocking the potential of solar energy. Since utilities manage energy supply and have existing relationships with customers in their service area, their full cooperation in a solar effort can be hugely beneficial.