Published:
August 25, 2015
New research from UT Austin suggests that community solar projects shared by a group of people, such as apartment building tenants, could help stabilize relations between electric utilities and growing numbers of customers interested in installing residential photovoltaic (PV) systems on individual rooftops. In a new study published in Energy Research & Social Science, LBJ School of Public Affairs Prof. Varun Rai and former research associate Erik Funkhouser found that some utilities are offering their customers community solar projects not only to satisfy consumer demand or regulatory requirements for renewable energy, but also to lessen revenue losses related to residential solar PV. Read more in an article in the Washington Post.