Bill > S5259

This bill, the Community Solar Consumer Choice Act of 2024, aims to increase access to community solar programs for individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and state/local/tribal governments. The key provisions include: 1) The Secretary of Energy establishing a program to assist state, local, and tribal governments in developing new community solar programs and financial models; 2) Requiring electric utilities (excluding tribal utilities) to offer community solar programs that provide equitable access to all ratepayers, including low-income individuals; 3) Allowing for complete or partial ownership of community solar facilities by utilities, non-utilities, and other entities; and 4) Amending the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act to set deadlines for state regulatory authorities and non-regulated utilities to consider and implement the community solar program standard.