CSA is dedicated to converting our abundant sunshine into a clean energy source to fuel economies, create high skilled jobs, lower power costs, and protect our fragile environment.

Demand for clean energy is intensifying as retail electricity costs average 34¢/kWh and unplanned outages prevail in the Caribbean. With plentiful sunshine and rising costs, grid parity is nearly achievable today. To attract solar investment, CSA is devoted to helping in-country leaders, regulators and utilities:

• create sustainable financial incentives to attract long-term solar energy investment as has been enjoyed by fossil fuels for decades;
• implement simple and fair net-metering and interconnection policies to enable consumer participation; and
• develop utility rate and revenue policies that encourage efficiency and demand reduction.
• simplify permitting, siting and other potential regulatory hurdles.

Germany, Spain, Japan, and numerous states in the U.S. have successfully built solar economies by focusing on these priorities. CSA hopes to convert best practices and lessons learned elsewhere into sustainable solar energy economies in the Caribbean.