Program design

The Clean Coalition designs market-based, cost-effective Feed-In Tariffs (FITs) with streamlined interconnection that allow businesses, residents, and organizations to deploy local renewable energy projects — including solar, wind, and biomass facilities — in underutilized spaces such as rooftops, waste water treatment plants, and abandoned lots.

FITs remove obstacles and uncertainties from renewable energy’s path, making it easier to build clean local energy projects, connect them to the grid, and establish long-term contracts to sell the power produced to utilities. With FITs in place, financing clean local energy projects becomes much easier, and the whole community benefits.

The Clean Coalition designs requests for proposals (RFPs) for municipalities and other entities.

One example is the RFP and associated lease agreement we designed for the City of Palo Alto to have a solar developer build, own, and operate solar canopies atop the five City-owned parking structures, for a total of 1.3 MW of solar.  This project, which included electric vehicle charging, contributed significantly to the electrification of transportation in Palo Alto.