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Title: Rooftop Solar Technical Potential for Low-to-Moderate Income Households in the United States

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: Adoption of rooftop solar in the United States primarily has been concentrated in higher-income households (Moezzi et al. 2017; Vaishnav et al. 2017). As technology costs decline and markets expand, however, focus is shifting to increasing solar access in underserved market segments— particularly to low-to-moderate income (LMI) households, or those earning 80% or less of the area median income (AMI). A key policy goal is to expand solar access more equitably to ensure the benefits of solar, including reduced energy burden, increased resilience, and hedge against electricity rate changes are available to all ratepayers. To achieve this goal, a deeper understanding of the potential LMI market is needed. Although LMI households represent about 43% of the U.S. population, it is unknown what proportion live in buildings suitable for PV, how this potential is distributed among the buildings they live in, or what fraction of their electricity needs could be met with rooftop solar.

Url: https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy18osti/70901.pdf

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Authors: Sigrin, Benjamin; Mooney, Meghan

Publisher: NREL

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Natural Resource Management, Poverty and Welfare

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