CSP provides advisory, strategy, and direct implementation support to community lenders, public agencies, Solar for All (SFA) grantees, and affordable housing developers. Through policy, program design, and practice, we create systems change solutions that have long-lasting social equity and environmental impacts. Click below for more details on how we can help you.
Solar for All (SFA) Program Advisory
Congratulations for being awarded a Solar for All (SFA) grant to bring clean energy to low-income and disadvantaged communities!
CSP has been working in several states to share best practices in program design and implementation of the Solar for All Program to ensure maximum benefit to low-income communities.
Our organization is focused on the intersection of community development and clean energy, including extensive experience bringing solar benefits to low-income residents. The CSP team can provide the below support to help your program exceed:
Benefits of Partnering with CSP
- Enhancing your agency’s capacity and ability to move more quickly
- Getting real-time feedback from key stakeholders in real estate and LMI communities
- Deep experience in financial modeling to achieve low-income program goals
- Team with extensive experience in real estate finance and affordable housing
Our Services
Program Design
- Ensuring program designs dovetail with the unique financing structures of single-family and multifamily affordable housing—both rental and homeownership.
- Developing unique, yet complimentary, program offerings for single-family, multifamily, and community solar financing structures.
- Leveraging tax credits and private resources to get the most benefit per dollar of subsidy
- Harnessing the new opportunities from the Federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)
- Defining your target customers and the benefits of solar participation
- Confirming real-time pricing and capital costs for differing project types
- Identifying compatible incentive programs to maximize financial assistance.
- Developing a tiered grant-to-loan structure based on income levels for equitable program access.
Financial Analysis
- Building financial models for each product offering, illustrating return on investment
- Creating a program-level proforma to track long-term success and return on investment
- Analyzing program administration structures (city operation vs. third-party) to ensure efficient implementation