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Victoria Stulgis discusses the complexities of deploying solar on commercial real estate portfolios.

Victoria Stulgis, President of Black Bear Energy, discusses the complexities of deploying solar on commercial real estate portfolios. The conversation covers landlord-tenant split incentives, third-party ownership structures, hosted community solar models, and how policy shapes market opportunity across states like New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Illinois. Black Bear Energy's role as an owner's representative in helping institutional real estate investors navigate and scale renewable energy adoption is also examined. Topics Covered Black Bear Energy www.blackbearenergy.com ESS = Energy Storage System Battery Storage ASES = American Solar Energy SocietyReal Estate Solar Commercial Solar Landlord Tenant Incentives Hosted Community Solar Solar Policy ImpactPortfolio Scale Distributed Solar Net-Metering B-Corps REC = Renewable Energy Certificate SREC = Solar Renewable Energy Certificate Reach out to Victoria Stulgis here: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/victoriastulgis Website: www.blackbearenergy.com Email: vstulgis@blackbearenergy.com Black Bear Email: info@blackbearenergy.com Learn more at www.solarSEAN.com and be sure to get NABCEP certified by taking Sean’s classes at…

People in this episode

Guest: Victoria Stulgis

Topics covered

• solar deployment
• commercial real estate
• landlord-tenant incentives
• third-party ownership
• community solar
• renewable energy policy

Keywords

• solar
• commercial solar
• landlord tenant incentives
• community solar
• renewable energy
• battery storage
• net-metering
• B-Corps
• renewable energy certificate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Black Bear Energy, American Solar Energy Society, NABCEP, HeatSpring

Places: New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois

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