Elective (Direct) Pay Case Study
- Case Study
Harnessing the Power of Nonprofits to Deliver Low-Cost Solar to Low-Income Homeowners
Solar tax credits make solar more affordable. But too often, the families that need them the most can’t use them. This is changing. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 creates new ways for low-income families to go solar. It does so by enabling nonprofit organizations to use solar tax credits and pass the savings on to low-income families.
Solar United Neighbors worked with One Roof Community Housing on one such effort. The following case study describes how we used the new “Direct Pay” provisions in the IRA to overcome the challenges of financing and installing solar for low-income homeowners.
The case study is available as a PDF for download. We encourage you to share it with other organizations interested in learning from and participating in this model. We’re also sharing our templates for the following documents for others to use as well. Our goal is to create an open source guide for other nonprofits and groups interested in using these documents for their own projects.
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