What's up with residential solar?

About this episode

Barry Cinnamon discusses the new market reality of residential solar with Sean Gallagher, focusing on financing tools and state policies.

In this week’s episode of The Energy Show, Barry Cinnamon talks with Sean Gallagher (Senior VP of Policy, SEIA) about the new market reality after recent federal changes. As well as the financing tools, state policies, and grid programs that can help homeowners and installers move forward. In this episode: • How installers are adapting to the end of the residential tax credit with leases, PPAs, and newer financing structures • What to ask a financing provider before you sign (risk, Fair Market Value, payment timing, working capital, Approved Vendors List) • Why state-level policies are now the biggest lever: permitting automation, interconnection streamlining, and VPP/DPP programs • The real promise of plug-in / balcony solar — and the UL standards challenge • Data centers + electrification: why local solar + storage is the fastest and cheapest way to meet data center power demands Like, Comment & Subscribe Today! Like, Comment & Subscribe Today!

People in this episode

Host: Barry Cinnamon

Guest: Sean Gallagher

Topics covered

• residential solar
• federal changes
• financing tools
• state policies
• grid programs
• tax credit
• solar technology

Keywords

• residential solar
• financing
• tax credit
• state policies
• solar technology
• grid programs
• plug-in solar
• data centers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SEIA

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