On the roof of Asbury Memorial Church’s education building in Savannah, 122 solar panels will soon be facing south to capture the sun’s energy, lower the church’s electric bill and decrease its contribution to global warming.
Technicians from Sunpath Solar installed about half of those panels last week. The rooftop array is one of the last ones authorized under a statewide pilot program that began in 2023 and was so successful that the pilot’s sponsor – Georgia Bright – was awarded $156 million in federal funds made available through the Inflation Reduction Act.
But just days after Georgia Bright launched its effort to offer solar leases to 5,000 Georgia households the Trump administration last month clawed back the promised funding.
Georgia Bright’s backers say it’s exactly the wrong time to pull back on solar…