City of Albuquerque Community Solar Participation

Project Description: The City of Albuquerque, through the Environmental Health Department's Sustainability Management Division, is seeking a partner for a Community Solar Project.
Community solar programs promote participation in renewable energy solutions by allowing qualified electric utility customers to purchase shares in a solar facility to offset monthly energy consumption, often via a credit on their monthly utility bills or by purchasing or leasing a portion of the solar panels in an array.
The community solar program in New Mexico is still under development. The Community Solar Act, or SB84, was signed into law in April 2021 by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.
A community-based solar project could benefit individuals, businesses, nonprofits and other groups who don’t have access to energy from solar installations.
Community solar allows for equal access to the economic and environmental benefits of solar energy generation regardless of the physical attributes or ownership of an individual’s home or business.