Navigating Public Solar: Unlock Federal Funds and Achieve Your Community’s Climate Goals

Overview

Join us for a webinar! During the webinar, we will discuss how the investment tax credits work and the opportunity they create for municipalities. We will also present two examples from NY municipalities, Rochester and Southampton.

About the webinar:

We’re excited to invite you to learn about the exiting new opportunities that the Federal Inflation ReductionAct (IRA) and the newly available investment tax credits provide. Until now, these credits have only been available to organizations with significant tax liability like for profit companies. Now, tax-exempt organizations including local governments, can also benefit from federal funds for contracting with regional projects and/or developing and owning clean energy infrastructure, opening new opportunities for project development and income streams.

Agenda:

  • Introduction – Jessica Stromback, CEO, Joule Community Power

  • Inflation Reduction Act landscape – Divia Hobson, Director of Strategy, Joule Community Power

  • Pilot in Rochester – Divia Hobson, Director of Strategy, Joule Community Power

  • Town of Southampton: Solar on a capped landfill – Frank Zappone, Deputy Supervisor at Town of Southampton

  • Seva Solar: Innovative non-profit lead solar – Kevin Burns, Executive Director, Seva Sola

  • Tangible next steps for your community – Jessica Stromback

  • Q&A

  • Closing remarks – Jessica Stromback

Why attend?

  • Learn about the opportunity that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Investment Tax Credits (ITC) represent to you

  • Learn from actual New York projects using these and other financing mechanisms to benefit local residents

  • Be informed of how to move forward and leverage these new opportunities

  • Learn of the real social impact that this can have on your community, particularly among low and moderate income residents

Joule: /jool/ noun. The standard unit of energy.