Solar+: Enabling Clean Energy in Disadvantaged Communities With Integrated Photovoltaics and Storage

This project identified scalable community models that maximize the economic and environmental benefits of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy systems for low-income multi-family customers. The systems tested included advanced solar technologies, batteries, direct-current distribution and appliances, advanced controls, and behavioral demand-response strategies. This resource integration project evaluated how these technologies benefit owners and residents of a typical Southern California affordable multi-family housing property, especially important as Californians transition to time-of-use rates that increase electric-grid flexibility and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which together benefit both utilities and their customers.