Five years into the program, CSI General Market program shows the following trends:
- A tremendous growth in third party owned residential projects;
- A 28 percent decrease in systems costs since 2007; and
- An increase in solar projects in low and middle income market.
The number of CSI projects in low income markets (i.e., areas with median incomes of less than $50,000) has increased by 364 percent since 2007.
The number of CSI projects in middle income markets (i.e., areas with median incomes between $50,000 and $100,000) has increased by 445 percent since 2007, comprising the majority of applications received
in 2011.