Financing Solar Panels Just Became Way Easier in USA. Thank the Climate Bill. [Video]

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Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, a new financing model can make solar easier to access for low-income households and nonprofits. Here’s how a church in Compton put it to work.

Running in two straight lines across the roof and already providing power to the building below, the twenty-nine brand-new solar panels gleam in the sun on the day of the community ribbon cutting.

A crowd has gathered at the Watts-Willowbrook Church of Christ — known as The Brook — in Compton, California, including the city mayor, local elected officials, and congregation members, to celebrate the commissioning of the solar array. “The Watts-Willowbrook Church of Christ going solar is a ray of hope,” Jacquelyn Badejo, Chair of the Climate Emergency Mobilization Office for the City of Los Angeles, says. Jacquelyn (who also goes by Jackie) and her mother, Ms. Linda …