In June 2023, Groundswell, in partnership with Sargent Memorial Presbyterian Church, SunLight General Capital, Working Power, and the Office of the People's Counsel, celebrated the newest DC Solar for All community solar array, which will bring the number of income-qualified DC residents receiving free solar electricity to more than 6,000 households, as a part of the DC Department of Energy and Environment’s (DOEE) Solar for All program.
The new 222 kWdc community solar array at Sargent Memorial Presbyterian Church will provide 73 local, income-qualified households with up to $500 a year in clean energy savings through DC Solar for All. Since DC Mayor Muriel Bowser launched Solar for All in 2016, the program has saved its 6,000 community solar subscribers more than $5 million — in addition to savings to participants in the program’s rooftop solar option — with the goal of improving energy affordability and progressing environmental goals within the District.
Check out this recap from the ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of this project featuring remarks from Michelle Moore, David Wright, Ernest Jolly, Bracken Hendricks, Pamela Nelson, Sandra Mattavous Frye, Brad Boston, and Reverend Juan Guthrie.
Learn more about the Sargent Memorial Solar project here: