Community solar allows households and businesses to access the benefits of solar energy, such as lower electricity costs, regardless of whether they’re able to host a system on their own roof.

In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Jeff Cramer who is the president and CEO of Coalition for Community Solar Access.

“We’ve figured out a way for any electricity customer to be able to participate and benefit from local clean energy deployment in less than five minutes with guaranteed savings,” said Cramer.

And interest in community solar projects is growing, with more states considering community solar programs.

“It’s thousands of projects around the country in over 20 states across the country.”

By the end of the year there will be six gigawatts of community solar on the system. Cramer expects that to grow significantly in the future.

“What Community Solar offers is it offers a sort of a hub for the deployment of, a central hub for the deployment of distributed generation.”

Jeff Cramer has served as President and CEO of CCSA since its founding in 2015. Prior to CCSA, Cramer co-founded and served as a Partner at 38 North Solutions, a Washington DC public affairs firm that focused exclusively on federal clean energy and sustainability policies and advocacy. He has a B.A. in government, philosophy from Clark University.