SE Rural Power’s partner municipal utilities and rural cooperatives are central to program implementation. The community solar installations developed within the program are connected directly to partner local distribution grids, in alignment with the market and regulatory structures of each of the states we serve. Groundswell supports partners in developing the best solutions for their communities, assisting with site location identification, the selection of project developers, managing subscribers, and more.

Partners receive an in-kind grant of solar energy that is provided to their low-income customers at zero cost. Partners also receive various collateral benefits, such as the ability to more strategically manage their energy purchases, reduce certain capacity charges, provide workforce development opportunities to their employees, and more.
Current partners include Huntsville Utilities, Lanett Utilities, Energy Southeast (members), SECO Energy, Green Power EMC (members), Electric Cities of Georgia (members), City of Itta Bena, Public Service Commission of Yazoo City, Roanoke Cooperative, and Rappahannock Electric Cooperative.