CCSA is working to democratize solar energy by creating a more distributed, customer-centric electric grid through access to community solar.
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19 Feb 2025
🚀Record-Breaking Year for Community Solar! ☀️
In 2024, 1.7 GW of new capacity was installed—a 35% increase from last year!
#CommunitySolar continues to grow, delivering affordable and reliable clean energy to more families and businesses.
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Jun 5
ICYMI, legislation in Virginia is making #CommunitySolar more accessible. "‘We were grateful that community solar was recognized as part of the affordability solution.” Learn more via @CanaryMediaInc
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May 29
It's Day 2 and the last day of our annual Distributed Energy Innovation Summit! We're thankful for our incredible speakers and sponsors who made this event possible and to a shared commitment to advancing equitable, scalable, affordable energy solutions: communitysolar.events/event/…
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May 27
Tomorrow is CCSA's annual Community and Distributed Energy Summit at the Westin DC.
🌞Learn from experts shaping the future of distributed and community solar storage and connect with pioneers and policymakers driving real change.
✅Register here: communitysolar.events/event/…
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May 20
Last week, we joined @PlumaCS , @forefrontpower , @StandardSolar and @solarforgood to celebrate the growing #CommunitySolar portfolio in New Mexico. To support continued solar advancement in the state, add your signature here: solstice.us/nmreform/
Thanks for having us!
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May 11
#SolarGrazing is a win-win for farmers, livestock, soil diversity & the environment, providing livestock w/ food, space to roam, and shady places to rest while fertilizing the soil and keeping solar panels open to sunshine. Learn more via @ilfarmertoday agupdate.com/illinoisfarmert…
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May 6
.@JigarShahDC wrote about the smartest near-term path to rising electricity demand: squeezing more value out of the system we already have, including focusing on #CommunitySolar & storage, the free market, transparency & policy. Learn more @UtilityDive :
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May 5
Last week, CCSA CEO Jeff Cramer spoke at @WoodMackenzie's Solar & Energy Storage Summit to discuss the challenges & opportunities around the solar and storage industry today, including the role #CommunitySolar plays in advancing a reliable, affordable & renewable energy future
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Apr 29
CCSA's James McGarry chatted with @FactorThisMedia's @PaulGerke to discuss the California Public Utilities Commission's proposed decision around #CommunitySolar in CA. Learn more about the bill & how CA can better leverage distributed solar in the state: renewableenergyworld.com/sol…
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Apr 23
What happens when #CommunitySolar projects stall? In addition to reducing access to clean and affordable energy, farmers miss out on an important income stream. Learn more about why projects are stalling in CA via @sacbee_news : sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/art…
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Apr 21
How do we design programs that deliver lower costs, more innovation, and greater customer benefits?
CCSA CEO Jeff Cramer discusses Minnesota's storage program and how we can deliver more affordable energy moving forward in @UtilityDive :
utilitydive.com/news/minneso…
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Apr 20
.@CanaryMediaInc's @jeffsaintjohn reports on the #CommunitySolar breakthrough in IL. ComEd has successfully fast tracked over 50MW of community solar using flexible interconnection. CCSA's Samantha Weaver notes ComEd is “leading the country right now": canarymedia.com/articles/tra…
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Apr 15
US #CommunitySolar surpassed 10GW in 2025, a landmark moment for the solar industry, according to a report released today by @WoodMackenzie. Subscriber acquisition costs declined 12% avg in 2025, and national capacity has expected 12% growth in 2026: woodmac.com/press-releases/u…
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Apr 14
ICYMI: VA Governor @SpanbergerForVA signed landmark #CleanEnergy legislation that will significantly expand VA's #SharedSolar programs, support #EnergyAffordability statewide and support #GridReliability:
communitysolaraccess.org/new… #CommunitySolar #CleanEnergy #EnergyAffordability
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Apr 13
We’re grateful to see MN's community solar garden program named as the "Melissa Hortman Community Solar Garden Program", a well-deserved tribute honoring Speaker Hortman’s leadership shaping one of the most successful community programs in the nation: communitysolaraccess.org/new…
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Apr 10
“What we’re seeing is […] the utility effectively extending its monopoly and crowding out the industry from really participating in the process.”
Read CCSA’s take in @_LatitudeMedia's piece on MN PUC decision here: latitudemedia.com/news/xcels…
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Apr 2
The MN PUC’s approval of Xcel’s Capacity Connect recognizes the value of distributed solar & storage, but the program’s closed, utility‑owned model eliminates competition & shifts risk to customers. CCSA joined
@Mn_SEIA & @SEIA to explain why this matters
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Mar 23
ICYMI: @MassGovernor signed an executive order supporting expanded energy generation and storage in the state. CCSA applauds this ambitious plan and looks forward to working with the administration to achieve these goals.
Learn more: mass.gov/news/governor-heale…
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Mar 20
We support @VoteSolar 's important work in expanding access to solar and lower energy costs for all. Vote Solar is currently sending hats to anyone who donates $100 while supplies last: bit.ly/40WIj9q. Don't miss out!
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Mar 18
CCSA's Charlie Coggeshall sat down with Energy Changemakers to discuss the the latest #CommunitySolar developments in Virginia which are supporting reduced electricity prices for ratepayers. Learn more about VA and predictions for a surge in solar: energychangemakers.com/home-…
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Mar 17
.@CanaryMediaInc's @jeffsaintjohn highlights the important role that #CommunitySolar can play in supporting California’s clean energy and grid reliability goals much faster and more cheaply than relying on utility-scale projects alone: canarymedia.com/articles/sol…
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