Our community institutions, including non-profits, local governments and religious communities, are natural leaders in moving our country towards adoption of distributed, renewable energy, especially solar.
However, tax exempt institutions cannot directly use the current incentives to demonstrate this leadership.
Please take three steps to let our leaders lead:
1) Fight to extend the cash grant program(1603 program), so a tax liability is not needed to invest in renewable energy.
2) Expand the grant program so that tax exempt institutions can directly access funding, without the inefficiency of third party financing.
3) Stabilize funding, by extending incentives through at least 2020, reducing them gradually, so deliberative planning and fundraising can lead to implementation.