Our Latest Strategic Partner Made 100k+ On a Pilot Deal

Your Premier, Bolt-On Community Solar Partner

Dakota Malone
Community Solar Authority
3 min readJul 31, 2024

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We’re sending a six-figure commission check to a strategic partner for our community solar pilot deal.

The details look predictably familiar compared to how we operate with every one of our partners, too:

  • the community solar rollout took ~90 days
  • our team at Community Solar Authority delivered the work turnkey
  • the client was able to capture $100k+ in savings on an annual basis
  • the strategic partner generated 100k+ on their revenue share

My name is Dakota Malone & I co-founded Community Solar Authority six years ago as a way to help large users access enhanced sustainability & improved operating profit.

One of the growth vehicles that led us to generate 20M+ in future electricity savings for our clients was our strategic partnerships.

We partner with ESCOs, energy companies, and many more verticals to serve their clients as an official bolt-on commercial solar partner.

We get to use our services to add value, help our partners keep their clients longer, and make them worth more- all while creating synergy with our partner & their clients.

This recipe allowed us to grow our business fast, and we’re always looking for top strategic partners to help us streamline our mission of deploying access to clean energy for large users of electricity.

Here are a few of the reasons we’re the number one choice as a community solar partner in the anchor space.

Exclusive Access

Our team has been consulting alongside the most significant community solar developers for years.

Not aggregators, not asset management companies- actual developers & their financiers who look to us to help fill their projects.

For years, our team has been filling anchor capacity before these projects get filled with mass-market customers- which means we have access that others don’t.

You can work with our team to help us subscribe your largest clients to community solar so that they can receive all of the benefits, and we’ll get them to the front of the line for next-available access.

Hand-Tailored Approach

Another massive value prop is that our executive team works on every single community solar rollout.

This ensures we can deliver our decade-plus combined experience in the community solar space, subscribing anchor clients, and ensure a smooth process.

Your clients are educated to the highest degree, can have all their questions answered, we satisfy board members and stakeholders, & communicate internally with the developer for a truly turnkey experience.

Our strategic partners know that they can bring us their client, we can deliver the work, and they get to sit back and look like a hero on the other side.

Revenue Share Model

Lastly, one of the most unique features to our partnership is the fact that we operate on a revenue share model.

We partner with top strategic partners because we want to leverage their relationships with their clients so that we can execute quickly, have a trusted relationship built, and perform our work seamlessly.

Every other community solar company, if they even have anchor access, are paying a flat fee that is typically low. Our team set to change that and build out a powerful affiliate platform by offering a revenue share model.

In exchange for introducing us to your client and being present for our virtual meetings where we debrief them on our progress, we’ll split the revenue with you such that you’re maximizing your available opportunity.

It’s how our latest partner was able to generate over 100k in revenue instead of a low five-figure payment.

Conclusion

Our team at Community Solar Authority has built a strategic partnership model in the community solar space that we’re proud of.

We’ve found a way to create triple-win synergy with ourselves, our partners, and their clients- & it’s working.

We’ve created a predictable process with systems that ensure every community solar rollout is handled seamlessly, and we’re creating asymmetric results compared to the rest of the industry because of it.

Thinking about integrating community solar into your business model and are seeking a powerful partner to do it with?

You can apply to become a partner today by visiting communitysolarauthority.com/partner.

Thanks for reading! Questions? dmalone@communitysolarauthority.com

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Dakota Malone
Community Solar Authority

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