On October 27 and 28, Positive Impact Colorado, NAACP Rocky Mountain Area Conference, and GRID Alternatives Colorado, took a significant step toward building a middle class reality that is green and inclusive when 4 participants of Positive Impact Colorado, the program of reentry services and opportunities for people on parole or previously incarcerated, engaged with partners Grid Alternatives, Vote Solar and others in our first Power Up training.

Students in the CSU Energy Club and Student Sustainability Center recently volunteered to help GRID Alternatives and Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association develop a 2-megawatt solar array at Coyote Ridge in south Fort Collins in September.

Atencio has a second purpose for the land as well. He thinks a solar-power farm, or array, could be built on a section of the property.

"The fact that the solar array is now sold out shows the demand for solar power in our community. We hope this leads to consideration for a second array in YVEA territory," said Executive Director Sarah Jones.

DENVER - The Denver Housing Authority is getting into the solar gardening business. They are building a field of solar panels, at a remote location, that creates energy for low-income families.

Resolution 11-2017 offers support to Grid Alternatives Colorado to submit an application to Xcel Energy for a potential community solar project to benefit low-income households in the city of Monte Vista. The resolution recognizes that a solar project can provide clean locally-sourced energy for consumption by low income households and create solar workforce development opportunities.

The program will be open to other affordable housing providers and housing authorities in the Denver metro area, and will be supported by utility Xcel Energy’s community solar program as well as a number of partners including GRID Alternatives Colorado.

"We developed the nations first low-income solar project. The first one dedicated to serving only low-income consumers," said Tom Walsh, CEO with Grand Valley Power.

The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) and nonprofit solar installer GRID Alternatives Colorado have announced the completion of a two‐year partnership focused on demonstrating the benefits of community solar for low‐income communities across the state.

A partnership between the Colorado Energy Office, GRID Alternatives, and the Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association will work to develop the United States’ largest low-income community solar project aimed at lowering the electricity bills of qualifying low-income residents, affordable housing providers, and nonprofit organizations.