Community Solar Resources 

• VNRC’s “Guidelines, Good Practices and Permits” for siting solar.

• The Agency of Natural Resources’ “Natural Resource Atlas” –  A Great Place to Start for Potential Site Assessment.

• VNRC’s Guide to Energy Planning and Implementation for Vermont Municipalities

• Energy Action Network Vermont Energy Dashboard for tracking clean energy adoption across Vermont

• Vermont Natural Resources Atlas

Landfill Projects

• See if there is a closed landfill in your community.  

• Check out the South Burlington Energy Committee’s guide to advance landfill and municipal projects.

Thanks to all individuals and organizations for their help in compiling the information on VNRC’s guidance document. There are also a number of widely used guides that support solar decision-making, financing, and project development for residential, municipal, and institutional projects, including:

A Vermonter’s Guide to Residential Solar A guide divided into sections for each part of the solar decision making process

Implementing Solar for your Town or School District: by the S. Burlington Energy Committee

A Third-Party Ownership Approach for Schools and Municipalities

The Northwest Community Solar Guide

The Solarize Guidebook: A guide to collective purchasing of residential PV systems

A Homeowners Guide to Solar Financing: Leases, Loans and PPAs

Solar Power Purchase Agreements – A Toolkit for Local Governments

NREL Report – Shared Solar: Current Landscape, Market Potential, and the Impact of Federal Securities Regulation

* These resources reflect both current solar deployment tools and important historical models that shaped Vermont’s earlier community solar landscape. While community solar under past net-metering rules is no longer available, these materials remain useful for understanding how shared solar and group procurement developed and may inform future policy design.