Session 3: Western Massachusetts Solar Forum
Solar Equity and Community Benefits
Agenda and Recording
Session 3 Recording with ASL: coming soon
Session 3 Transcript - English
Session 3 Transcript - Spanish
Presentations
Abe: Financing and Ownership Models for Large-Scale Solar Projects
Benander: Models for Community Ownership
Gandbhir: Role of Federal, State, and Local Laws & Regulations: see recording
Crago: Current Status of Solar Equity in Massachusetts
Phelps: Solar Equity - Challenges & Opportunities: see recording
Bowie: Equity in the Workforce
Marasco: Municipal Procurement of Solar
Hamilton: Green Municipal Aggregation: see recording
Modlish: AGO Consumer Protection Efforts
Bissetta: Other Current State Initiatives
Related Documents
Benander: Community-Owned Solar Guidebook
Crago: Income and racial disparities in financial returns from solar PV deployment
Session Q&A / Comments
Speakers
Moderator: Jo Comerford, MA State Senate
Jon Abe, Sunwealth
Lynn Benander, Coop Power
Priya Gandbhir, Conservation Law Foundation Massachusetts
Christine Crago, UMass
Nathan Phelps, Vote Solar
Ernesto Cruz, Coop Power
Kerry Bowie, Browning the Greenspace
Maria Marasco, Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative
Samantha Hamilton, Live Well Springfield
Richard Kump, President and CEO, UMassFive College Credit Union
Chris Modlish, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
Joanne Bissetta, DOER Green Communities
