“That leaves a huge amount of the United States that cannot do that.”

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Efforts began more than a decade ago in Colorado and California, but the initiatives continue to expand.

Currently, 22 states and the District of Columbia have community solar programs, Cortes said.

“It’s kind of that simple.

You’re going to lose money.”

Artificial limits on the supply of community solar mean there are limited spots for those programs that do exist.

“Once it is implemented in a state, people like it, customers like it.

That trend is changing, partly due to thetiming of supply and demand.

“It’s going to be incredible,” Cortes said.

Owen said he thinks utilities should have a financial incentive to encourage them to connect generators more quickly.

“If utilities got on the bandwagon, our industry would accelerate fivefold overnight,” he said.