New Report Details How Community Solar Programs Can Reduce Energy Costs for Low-Income People and Address Climate Change
A new report looks at existing community solar models, best practices, and state policies.
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A new report looks at existing community solar models, best practices, and state policies.
This report will provide states with model community solar consumer protections to ensure equitable outcomes for low-income participants.
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NCLC and NHLP submitted comments in strong support of the CFPB’s proposed consumer protection regulations for PACE loans, with recommendations to strengthen the proposal and help it more fully meet its goals.
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, along with 20 organizations in the housing, consumer protection, climate and environmental justice, and community investment spaces, submitted comments on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s proposed rule on residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. The comment urges the CFPB to finalize this rule swiftly to protect consumers.…
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NCLC has responded to NASEO's RFI regarding an essential component of state's IRA home energy rebates programs -- consumer protections. The Department of Energy's one-time nearly $9 billion home energy efficiency and electrification rebates provide an opportunity to package critical energy efficiency investments to the most vulnerable households, but it could open the door to unfair or predatory practices.
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Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, National Consumer Law Center, and the undersigned organizations urge the Federal Reserve Board to ensure that financial institutions carefully consider the potential impacts of climate-related financial risks in the context of racial, economic, environmental, and climate justice and the financial institutions’ obligations under the Fair Housing Act, the Equal…
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