SolarCommons turns last-mile electrification into a community asset rather than a utility bill. g. 50/day, and 30% community equity contributions (sweat equity, land, labour). An open-source microgrid controller (based on OpenEnergyMonitor) enables remote monitoring and automatic load-shedding, reducing technical support costs by 60%.

Cooperative members vote on tariff structures and reinvest surplus revenue into grid expansion — a self-scaling model. A national cooperative registry standardises governance and enables bulk procurement of hardware at 35–45% lower cost. Target: 5M households electrified by Year 5 at $400/connection vs the current $1,000+ average.