In 2017 Heart of the City offered subsidies to offset the price of a solar assessment by Madison Solar Consulting, the same group that the City of Fort Atkinson hired to conduct solar and financial assessments to determine if solar power generation is a good investment for public-owned properties.
Wisconsin Distributed Resources Collaborative awarded Heart of the City $2,000 to help with these subsidies. HOC added $4000 for a total of $6,000 available to spread among Fort Atkinson applicants who expressed an interest in participating in an assessment.
Upcoming this fall will be a report on the subsidies and an event to promote the value of solar power generation.