Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

This is Tactical Tuesday: a short form conversation with subject matter experts designed to give you practical tools, tips, and advice for building your solar business or career.

Last year, we hosted the first Great Solar Debate featuring clean-energy thought leaders sharing two contrasting perspectives on critical solar and storage topics. In its pilot episode, John Powers of Extensible Energy and Andrew Tanner of Yotta Energy tackled the economics of load flexibility software vs energy storage hardware.

This time, the SunCast family alongside Solar Power Events and Unthink Solar will bring that same energy and attention to this new series, with the final live debate set on a stage in New Orleans at the largest energy event in North America, SPI, ESI & Smart Energy Week.

For our first Great Solar Debate of 2021, representatives from the residential solar financing industries will discuss the value of their respective financing solutions for consumers and installers.

In the Property Assessed Clean Energy or “PACE corner is Grayson Frazier, Director of Sales, Southern California for PACE Funding Group

Representing Power Purchase Agreements or “PPAs” is Meghan Nutting, Executive Vice President of Policy and Communications at Sunnova Energy

And in the third and final corner, Doug Pierce, Director of Field Sales at Sungage Financial, will be representing solar loans.

This episode is a replay of the first debate where we covered the following points:

  • The value of each financing product for consumers

  • The value of each financing for installers

  • What’s the best value for all income levels?

  • What about the solar homebuyer? Which financing is best for them, and therefore for the seller?

  • Which financing is best for expanding residential solar throughout the U.S.