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Rooftop Solar Is Becoming More Accessible to People with Lower Incomes, But Not Fast Enough

A long-term study shows gradual progress in expanding who is able to benefit from rooftop solar.

By Dan Gearino

Roger Garbey, from the Goldin Solar company, installs a solar panel system on the roof of a home on Jan. 23, 2018 in Palmetto Bay, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
An installer places a solar panel system on the roof of a home on Jan. 23, 2018 in Palmetto Bay, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

In Florida, DeSantis May End the Battle Over Rooftop Solar With a Pen Stroke

By Aman Azhar

People take part in an event to hand-deliver 100,000 public comments from Californians throughout the state calling on Gov. Newsom to reject proposals that penalize consumers for putting solar panels on their rooftops outside the California State Capitol Museum in Sacramento, California, on Dec. 8, 2021. Credit: Aníbal Martel/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Environmental Groups Are United In California Rooftop Solar Fight, with One Notable Exception

By Dan Gearino, Anne Marshall-Chalmers

An installer for the solar company, Sunrun, uses a level while installing solar panels on the roof of a home in Granada Hills. Credit: Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Is the California Coalition Fighting Subsidies For Rooftop Solar a Fake Grassroots Group?

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers, Dan Gearino

People take part in an event to hand-deliver 100,000 public comments from Californians throughout the state calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to reject proposals that penalize consumers for putting solar panels on their rooftops outside the California State Capitol Museum in Sacramento, California, on Dec. 8, 2021. Credit: Aníbal Martel/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Unpacking California’s Controversial New Rooftop Solar Proposal

By Dan Gearino

An employee with Ipsun Solar installs solar panels on the roof of the Peace Lutheran Church in Alexandria, Virginia on May 17, 2021. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Now on Hold, Georgia’s Progressive Program for Rooftop Solar Comes With a Catch

By James Bruggers

Pete Southerton (left) and Tom Bradshaw, of solar energy contractor Certasun, install solar panels on a Northwest Side home, Monday afternoon, May 17, 2021. Credit: Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times

Illinois Solar Companies Say They Are ‘Held Hostage’ by Statehouse Gridlock

By Dan Gearino, Brett Chase

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., waves while departing court during the SolarCity trial in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Credit: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Lawsuit Recalls How Elon Musk Was King of Rooftop Solar and then Lost It

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: Solar Industry Wins Big in Kentucky Ruling

By Dan Gearino

Contractors install SunRun Inc. solar panels on the roof of a new home at the Westline Homes Willowood Cottages community in Sacramento, California, on Aug. 15, 2018. Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Rooftop Solar Income Gap Is (Slowly) Shrinking

By Dan Gearino

Contractors move a SunRun Inc. solar panel up a ladder to the roof of a new home at the Westline Homes Willowood Cottages community in Sacramento, California, on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. Credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Coast-to-Coast Battle Over Rooftop Solar

By Dan Gearino

Solar panels work in an integrated power station in Yancheng city, in Jiangsu province, on Oct. 14, 2020. Credit: Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Four Charts Tell the Story of the Post-Covid Energy Transition

By Dan Gearino

Luminalt solar installers install solar panels on the roof of a home on May 9, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: In South Carolina, a Happy Compromise on Net Metering

By Dan Gearino

Ohio Speaker of the House Larry Householder. Credit: State of Ohio

Inside Clean Energy: Ohio’s Bribery Scandal is Bad. The State’s Lack of an Energy Plan May Be Worse

By Dan Gearino

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