“Solar loans have a lot of potential," Rive told analysts on Thursday after his company released its second-quarter results.
"We are testing different products on the solar loan side," he says.
While solar leases and power-purchase agreements still dominate the US residential PV market, both analysts and SolarCity rivals like Mosaic believe the market will begin shifting towards outright loans, which may offer customers a better long-term economic proposition once issues like O&M have been taken care of.
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