In Anaheim the Electric Company is owned by the Citizens of Anaheim, and some of the money goes into a General Fund to be used however the Citizens choose to spend it, for instance we built a nice new train station with the money from the General Fund, and also some of the money goes to help the homeless, etc. We keep the rates low, with any profits going to benefit the Citizens.
As everyone builds new clean power generating systems then it should all be community owned like in Anaheim, with all benefits going to the Citizens.
Otherwise, it is good to own your own solar panels like my Mother does to benefit from the sunlight in the desert. And here locally there are programs to train Veterans on how to own and operate their own solar companies and on how to install solar panels, etc.
Salute,
Tony V.