Event

Scaling Equitable Solar Finance: A Financial Innovations Roundtable Event

May 19, 2021

 

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Center for Impact Finance at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire gathered solar industry stakeholders, project developers, and members of the financial sector in a virtual discussion to identify how community financial institutions, such as credit unions, community banks and Community Development Financial Institutions can finance solar installations in low-income communities and communities of color.

The plenary session, a culmination of previous working sessions, identified capital needs across low-income solar finance; identified policy barriers to scaling low-income solar development across project types and business models; engaged a broad group of stakeholders in solar development, community development finance, philanthropy, mainstream finance, and climate and energy policy to attract interest and support for efforts to scale low-income solar finance.



Event Details

Date & Time
May 19, 2021
1:00pm EDT – 3:00pm EDT

Audience

The event was open to the public and the media. All remarks were on-the-record and the event was recorded.

Agenda
1:00pm Welcoming Remarks

Claire Kramer Mills, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Michael Ettlinger, Director, Carsey School of Public Policy at University of New Hampshire
Michael Swack, Director, Center for Impact Finance, Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire
1:05pm Setting the Stage

Shalanda H. Baker, Deputy Director for Energy Justice & Secretary’s Advisor on Equity, Department of Energy
1:15pm Ecosystem-level Solutions

Bryan Garcia, President and CEO, Connecticut Green Bank
Jeff Schub, Executive Director, Coalition for Green Capital
Trenton Allen, Managing Director and CEO, Sustainable Capital Advisors
Lisa Mensah, President and CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
Cathie Mahon, President and CEO, Inclusiv
Moderator: Andrea Levere, President Emerita, Prosperity Now
2:00pm Response Panel by Funders

John Balbach, Director of Impact Investments, MacArthur Foundation
Marilyn Waite, Program Officer in Environment, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Jahi Wise, Senior Advisor, Domestic Climate Policy Office, White House
Jodie Harris, Director of CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Moderator: Andrea Levere, President Emerita, Prosperity Now
2:50pm Closing Remarks

Michael Swack, Director, Center for Impact Finance at Carsey School of Public Policy at University of New Hampshire
David J. Erickson, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Resources

Scaling Equitable Solar Finance

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