- link Copy Url - [ Share on twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Expanding Access to Solar Power https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1229641?absolute=1&via=3blnews "link to 3 B L Media's Twitter") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1229641?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1229641?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=Expanding Access to Solar Power&body=ESG News from Edison International https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1229641?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Energy](/CSR-News/energy-0) # Expanding Access to Solar Power ##### SCE’s Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm brings clean power to customers who have been unable to access the benefits of the renewable source of electricity. Sep 14, 2023 8:35 AM ET ![SCE's Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm near the high desert city of Adelanto.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/Sheekp-creek_Edison_082523.jpeg "PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY OF CATALYZE. SCE's Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm near the high desert city of Adelanto. ") ![Jared Haines, CEO of Catalyze (left) and Josué Quintanilla, Catlyze's director of project management, discuss the Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm project at a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this month. ](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/Solar-farm-project_Edison_082523.jpeg "PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY OF CATALYZE. Jared Haines, CEO of Catalyze (left) and Josué Quintanilla, Catlyze's director of project management, discuss the Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm project at a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this month. ") ![The Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm generates enough electricity to power about 890 homes.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/solar-farm_Edison_082523.jpeg "PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY OF CATALYZE. The Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm generates enough electricity to power about 890 homes. ") ![SCE's Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm near the high desert city of Adelanto.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/Sheekp-creek_Edison_082523.jpeg?h=b52daf8b "PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY OF CATALYZE. SCE's Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm near the high desert city of Adelanto. ") ![Jared Haines, CEO of Catalyze (left) and Josué Quintanilla, Catlyze's director of project management, discuss the Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm project at a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this month. ](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/Solar-farm-project_Edison_082523.jpeg?h=b52daf8b "PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY OF CATALYZE. Jared Haines, CEO of Catalyze (left) and Josué Quintanilla, Catlyze's director of project management, discuss the Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm project at a ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this month. ") ![The Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm generates enough electricity to power about 890 homes.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/solar-farm_Edison_082523.jpeg?h=b52daf8b "PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY OF CATALYZE. The Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm generates enough electricity to power about 890 homes. ") [Energized by Edison](https://energized.edison.com/stories/expanding-access-to-solar-power) Blanketing more than 20 acres of high desert near Adelanto are 7,000 solar panels that make up the [Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm](https://ampion.net/sce "https://ampion.net/sce"). Designed to generate enough clean energy to supply about 890 homes, the project will expand access to Southern California Edison customers who have so far been unable to access the growing solar power market. Sheep Creek is SCE’s first community solar project as part of [California’s Enhanced Community Renewables](https://www.green-e.org/programs/energy/ca-ecr-customers "https://www.green-e.org/programs/energy/ca-ecr-customers") program, which allows utility customers to work directly with developers to subscribe to renewable energy projects in their communities. It’s designed to expand access to solar energy for customers who do not own their property, are not able to pay the upfront cost of solar installation or have a roof that is in poor condition or shaded. “The launch of the Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm, which has been in the works for more than three years, marks a historic occasion,” said Eduyng Castano, SCE senior manager of Customer Generation Programs. “As part of an effort to expand renewable energy access to those who cannot obtain it, SCE is the first amongst the three investor-owned utilities to bring an Enhanced Community Renewables project online.” The [Community Renewables Program](https://www.sce.com/residential/rates/standard-residential-rate-plan/Community-Renewables-Program "https://www.sce.com/residential/rates/standard-residential-rate-plan/Community-Renewables-Program") lets subscribers work directly with California solar developers to take part in a renewable energy project in their community. SCE buys the renewable energy produced by the solar farm, and the developer provides SCE with information to give the subscriber a bill credit based on the portion of the project’s output the subscriber uses. The 3.8 MWdc project, developed and managed by renewable energy companies Catalyze and Ampion, so far has 241 subscribers. “Community solar plays a key role in ensuring that participation in the clean energy transition is accessible to all,” said Catalyze CEO Jared Haines. “It is our hope that Sheep Creek can act as an example for other projects to follow statewide, and we can accelerate the execution of more community solar projects to help reach the goal of ensuring widespread availability of renewable energy.” **How does community solar work?** - You sign up with Ampion to become a subscriber to receive solar energy. - SCE buys solar energy from Ampion on the subscriber’s behalf. - Subscribers receive a bill from Ampion for the portion of solar energy used. - Ampion provides that information so SCE can give the subscriber a credit on their SCE bill. - The credit is based on the portion of the project’s solar energy output that the subscriber has used (Subscribers who enroll in the program will start to receive an SCE bill credit within 60 days of enrollment). SCE is actively pursuing programs and policies to support the use of solar energy to drive communities toward a cleaner, more sustainable future. Solar energy provided by the Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm will add to California’s renewable energy supply portfolio and assist in reaching the state’s goal of [100% renewable energy use by 2045](https://www.edison.com/our-perspective/pathway-2045 "https://www.edison.com/our-perspective/pathway-2045"). **For more information about community solar, visit** [**SCE's Community Renewables Program page**](https://www.sce.com/residential/rates/standard-residential-rate-plan/Community-Renewables-Program "https://www.sce.com/residential/rates/standard-residential-rate-plan/Community-Renewables-Program")**.** [![](/sites/default/files/Clients/EIX_logo_w_tagline_horizontal_cmyk.jpg)](/profiles/edison-international) ### More from Edison International ###### [10 New Year’s Resolutions for a Greener 2024](/news/10-new-years-resolutions-greener-2024) Dec 29, 2023 3:45 PM ET ###### [COP28: Moving From Promises to Progress](/news/cop28-moving-promises-progress) Dec 29, 2023 12:15 PM ET ###### [Bringing Solar Power to Apartment Tenants](/news/bringing-solar-power-apartment-tenants) Dec 21, 2023 9:15 AM ET ###### [’Tis the Season To Donate Toys](/news/tis-season-donate-toys) Dec 18, 2023 10:15 AM ET ###### [Fighting Food Insecurity One Box at a Time](/news/fighting-food-insecurity-one-box-time) Dec 14, 2023 9:15 AM ET ###### [Countdown to 2045: Near-Term Priority Actions To Achieve Net Zero](/news/countdown-2045-near-term-priority-actions-achieve-net-zero) Dec 11, 2023 9:35 AM ET ###### [Countdown to 2045: Executive Summary](/news/countdown-2045-executive-summary) Dec 4, 2023 9:45 AM ET ###### [Taking Clean Energy Education on the Road](/news/taking-clean-energy-education-road) Nov 29, 2023 10:45 AM ET