Groundswell

Groundswell works in the rapidly emerging fields of community solar and energy equity to provide access to affordable clean energy to households that are currently excluded from participating in solar savings because of low credit scores and other financial barriers. We work with municipalities, congregations, local utilities, and other partners to develop, build, and manage solar projects that align the value of solar with community values. We collaborate with local partners to deliver related job training, energy efficiency, and other aligned community benefits to maximize the impact of our work.groundswell has developed a replicable, scalable model for sharing power with equitable community solar that works across multiple states. We partner with local nonprofits to expand our work into emerging state community solar markets. We are currently working with multiple local partners in the district of columbia, Georgia, Maryland, and new york state and are expanding our program in Hawaii and Illinois. Groundswell is building equitable community solar projects in the district of columbia and in Maryland that will provide more than $1.5 million in electricity cost relief to low income households in the region. We are collaborating with Washington dc and the city of baltimore to implement municipal programs that deliver electricity cost reductions through solar power. We are further working with the city of baltimore to deploy solar and energy storage solutions to support local community resilience. We are also working with local nonprofit partners and municipal utilities in Georgia to deliver solar projects and related low-income energy efficiency programs that will deliver electricity cost relief and other community economic development benefits to low-income communities.in pursuit of our mission, Groundswell also provides service directly to low-income households. We enroll, deliver customer support, and provide ongoing benchmarking and reporting on savings and other metrics to community solar subscribers.