The Legislature finds: (1) Helping retail electric customers invest in and install solar photovoltaic energy facilities of their choice on their properties is in the public interest; (2) Free-market financing may provide more customers with opportunities to install solar photovoltaic energy facilities; (3) Installation of solar photovoltaic energy facilities will stabilize long-term energy costs making the state more attractive for industry and commercial investment; (4) Financing arrangements, including those in which payments are based on the performance and output of the solar photovoltaic eneragy facility installed on the property of a retail electric customer, will help reduce or eliminate upfront costs involved in the investments and installation by the customers; andl (5) Individuals and entities which offer or receive these types of financing arrangements should not be considered or treated as public utilities.
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