Technical Brief: Assessing Opportunities for Utilities and Third Party Owned Solar Developers

Exploring solar third-party leasing for residential and commercial customers

The joint brief explores win-win opportunities for utilities and third-party solar developers who provide long-term leasing or performance contracts to residential and commercial electricity customers. This business model offers no or low upfront costs to consumers and has driven rapid growth in 10 to 15 of the largest state solar markets to date.