Serve as the third-party program administrator responsible for the planning, implementation, compliance and reporting on one or more of the following pilots conducted as part of the planning period under the Solar for All federal award: Single-family household – third-party ownership model: Through qualified technical third-party program administrators, the Authority will select a minimum of four to six qualified local or regional entities, which are sponsored by regional and/or local government entities, to test and pilot the third-party ownership arrangements for installation of rooftop solar at single-family households in geographically diverse lowincome and disadvantaged communities (LIDACs). Requests for Proposals will be issued to solicit the most cost-effective program designs to deploy SFA funding, up to $1 million per pilot in financial assistance as a loan to install solar technologies for program beneficiaries in a defined LIDAC geography, or households meeting income qualifications, with local government support and/or sponsorship. The target is to serve up to 60-75 singlefamily households per pilot. Proposals must demonstrate the experience in administrative, financial, and technical capabilities to serve as the owner of the solar assets for the term of the agreement, which may be up to 20 years. The qualified local partner will own the residential solar project in a lease-like transaction directly with eligible single-family households, as the program beneficiary. Financial products include a subsidized loan with an eligible portion (up to 25%) of the principal amount to be forgiven to maximize energy savings to the program beneficiary. At the same time, the remaining debt is repaid to the Authority. Additionally, the sub-recipient must leverage the full allowability of the federal tax credit to benefit the cost effectiveness of the solar technology installation and achieve 24% energy savings passed on to the single-family household. The use of the Authority revenue bonds and related tax benefits to exempt the incremental valuation increase of solar on program beneficiary households will be explored by the third-party administrator as part of the Program design. The borrower receiving the financial assistance will be responsible for ownership and compliance of the solar assets, as well as the formal agreements with the homeowner, which will be standardized. As part of these agreements, the borrower to the Authority will be responsible for insurance, operations and maintenance, and other ongoing expenses related to the solar assets. The solar project owner will (1) be managed by the third-party program administrator selected by the Authority for providing the necessary services to implement program activities, (2) must coordinate with local government partner(s) on local permitting and other issues, and (3) be accountable to the third-party program administrator on behalf of the Authority on communication regarding the project and compliance for all federal requirements through deployment of participant support costs.