Making Community Solar Work for Financiers

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

3:35 PM – 4:20 PM EDT

The combination of C&I scale project costs and residential offtake pricing has been attractive to developers in a market where PPAs are hard to find or in a race to the bottom on price. This positive momentum has run headlong into lenders and equity, which are grappling with subscriber uncertainty, an addiction to “investment grade” offtakers, and a regulatory environment that is different in every market. In addition to this, despite falling solar costs and increased deployment, access to community solar power remains elusive for many low- and moderate-income (LMI) populations. This panel will address how these hurdles are being overcome and how COVID-19 impacts the community solar landscape.

Moderator(s)

Shariff Barakat

Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP

Speaker(s)

Zaid Ashai

Chief Executive Officer
Nexamp
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Chris Diaz

Co-Chief Executive Officer
Seminole Financial Services, LLC
Belleair Bluffs, Florida, United States
Joel Gamoran

General Manager, Community Solar
Arcadia
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Laura Stern

Co-Chief Executive Officer
Nautilus Solar Energy
Summit, New Jersey, United States