San Diego Community Power Wednesday announced a program intended to make solar power more affordable for thousands of San Diego County residents while strengthening the region's power grid.

SDCP, a not-for-profit public agency providing power to nearly a million customers in the county, said its new Solar Battery Savings program is backed by nearly $55 million over the next five years. Some of that funding is dedicated to provide extra financial assistance to purchase solar panels in historically underserved communities.

"With the Solar Battery Savings program launching, we are giving San Diegans more tools to cut energy bills, keep the lights on during outages and build a cleaner and more resilient grid," said County Supervisor Terra Lawson- Remer, chair of the Community Power board of

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