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The 50 States of Solar: State Lawmakers Focus on Expanding Solar Options During Q1 2020

April 22, 2020 (North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center [NCCETC])

“…The NCCETC Q1 2020 edition of The 50 States of Solar reported] 43 states, plus the District of Columbia took some type of distributed solar policy action during Q1 2020…[The greatest number of actions again addressed] net metering policies, residential fixed charge or minimum bill increases, and community solar policies. A total of 155 distributed solar policy actions were taken during Q1 2020…[The top three trends in solar policy activity were] (1) proposed legislation focusing on expansion of distribution solar options, (2) states blocking additional fees for distributed generation customers, and (3) states opting for slower, study-based approaches to net metering successor tariff development…

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[The report’s] top five distributed solar policy actions of Q1 2020…[were] Iowa lawmakers enacting net metering compromise legislation…Rocky Mountain Power filing its net billing export credit proposal in Utah…The Kansas Supreme Court overruling Evergy’s mandatory residential DG demand charge…Virginia legislators passing an array of distributed solar bills; and…The California Public Utilities Commission rejecting utilities’ fixed charge proposals…” click here for more

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