Steep declines in New York – the leading US state in community solar – and Maine have driven the contraction of community solar during the first six months of 2025. This contrasts with the forecast made a year prior, when Wood Mackenzie forecast community solar to grow at an average annual rate of 5% until 2026 and shows how much the OBBBA has already impacted the community solar industry. New Mexico commissions its first community solar projectIn related community solar news, the state of New Mexico saw its first community solar project commissioned. Located in Valencia County, the Cuidando Los Niños Community Solar Project was developed by solar installer Affordable Solar. Construction of the community solar project began in February of this year.