Featured Reports
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Publicly Supported Solar Loan Programs: A Guide for States and Municipalities
This guide describes general factors state and municipal governments should consider when assessing whether to launch a public solar loan program, explains various loan program design elements, and offers several case studies.
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Solar Information for Consumers: A Guide for States
This guide explains why states should provide consumer information on solar, describes the types of information that can be useful, and points out existing educational efforts by states and other entities that provide models and useful resource information.
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A Homeowner’s Guide to Solar Financing: Leases, Loans and PPAs
This guide will help homeowners navigate the complex landscape of residential solar photovoltaic (PV) system financing. Also available in Spanish.
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Clean Energy Champions: The Importance of State Policies and Programs
This report provides the first-ever comprehensive look at the ways states are advancing clean energy and suggests how to further encourage clean energy growth.
Featured Resources
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January 3, 2017
Publicly Supported Solar Loan Programs: A Guide for States and Municipalities
by Travis Lowder, NREL
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November 8, 2016
Solar Information for Consumers: A Guide for States
by Warren Leon, Clean Energy States Alliance
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October 28, 2016
New England Solar Cost-Reduction Partnership: Accomplishments, Lessons Learned, and Recommendations
by Nate Hausman
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October 4, 2016
Project Overview: Sterling Municipal Energy Storage Project
by CESA
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September 28, 2016
A Vermonter’s Guide to Residential Solar
by Diana Chace, Clean Energy States Alliance & Clay Mitchell, University of New Hampshire
CESA Member News
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January 2, 2017
Solar Insights from the 2016 RPS Summit
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December 7, 2016
Recap from the 2016 RPS Summit in DC
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November 10, 2016
The States’ Role in Providing Solar Information to Consumers
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October 26, 2016
California Passes Halfway Mark On 50 Percent Renewable Energy Goal
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October 21, 2016
CESA, Five States, and the District of Columbia Awarded $1.73 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to Improve Low- and Moderate-Income Access to Solar
Events & Webinars
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January 27, 2017
State of the U.S. Energy Storage Industry: 2016 Year in Review
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February 2, 2017
Federal Marine Spatial Planning: West Coast Update
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February 9, 2017
Solar Equipment, Installation, and Licensing & Certification: A Guide for States and Municipalities