Finite program capacity
The Standing Offer Program adds capacity in defined allocations. As local rooftops fill those allocations, the best interconnection positions are claimed first. Early movers lock in the strongest projects.
Home / The Opportunity
A grid expanding faster than anyone planned for.
Central Texas is in the middle of a historic load surge. Austin Energy needs local generation, and it's paying owners for the rooftop space to build it. The window to participate is real, and it's finite.
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Utility-backed offtake under the Standing Offer Program
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A Feed-In Tariff, not a PPA. The utility buys the power directly.
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Per usable sq ft, per year, paid to you as the owner
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Austin Energy issuer rating, S&P Global (2025)
Why Now
AI and data centers are rewriting Austin's demand curve.
The build-out of AI infrastructure and data centers across Central Texas is driving electricity demand to levels the grid was never planned around. New, local generation has to come online quickly, and rooftops are the fastest, lowest-impact place to put it.
To accelerate that capacity, Austin Energy created the Solar Standing Offer Program: a standing commitment to buy distributed solar generation at a set rate, on long-term terms. It turns commercial rooftops into grid assets, and rooftop owners into paid partners.
The set-up, in one paragraph
The utility needs power. You have the space. We bridge the two.
Austin Energy pays for solar generation under the SOP. Energy Economics funds and builds the system on your roof. You collect a fixed lease for the space, with no capital, no operations, and no production risk. Everyone gets what they need.
See the mechanics
Why It Won't Stay Open
Two clocks are running.
A federal incentive deadline
The federal investment-tax-incentive window that underpins project economics has a deadline. Projects that secure their place before it closes capture the most favorable structure. We're in our final round of partner conversations ahead of it.
Austin, Texas
A Market That's Ready Now
"Austin represents something powerful: a market that is ready now."
Ready for growth. Ready for infrastructure. We built a decade of solar and roofing expertise across our operating markets, and chose Austin as our U.S. launch, because the demand, the program, and the rooftops all line up here.
The platform behind itBe early to the next Texas energy build-out.
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