State grid poverty alleviation solar container

NYSERDA will use the funding to enhance the state’s highly successful and effective solar program, which includes solar panel, technical assistance, and workforce development programs that benefit millions of residents that live in disadvantaged communities and low-income households. GRID Alternatives has installed no-cost solar panels for over 29,000 low-income households located in underserved communities that are most impacted by pollution, underemployment and climate change. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) On a hot afternoon in the East Bay city of Pittsburg, Hugo Salas stands in. Later this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency expects to begin distributing $7 billion through its “ Solar for All '' grants. By funding programs that provide rooftop solar panels, batteries to store solar energy, and community solar farms, the EPA expects to help more than 900,000.