Schools can go solar with no money out of pocket with a PPA, either via a private LLC, or commercial financing. Below are resources to help make that happen!
Instructions on how to form an LLC. It’s not as hard as you think!
- Difference between single-member and multi-member LLCs — with multi-member the credit has to be taken against passive income, and with single-member it does not (can be active income, which is much easier and more common)
- Links to commercial financiers
Community Power Accelerator (database of investors/finaciers)
- Blog about the experience of investing in solar
- WHRO article on this Sun Day event
- HR Climate Hub section on solar for schools resources
- Virginia Solar United Neighbors
- Norfolk Solar Solutions has experience helping investors invest in solar
- Rewiring America
- Current timeline on solar tax credit — Commercial 30% tax credit is valid for projects that start by July 4 2026 or complete by Dec 31 2027.
- See Below SCC pages on PPAs: this shows you what schools and other organizations in Virginia have installed solar via a PPA
Contacts for Information or Assistance
Susan Feathers: tidewaterthirdact@gmail.com, 520-400-4117
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