The 50 States of Solar: States Consider Over 120 Bills Related to Distributed Solar Policy in Q1 202

April 21, 2021 (The North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center [NCCETC])

“…The NCCETC Q1 2021 edition of The 50 States of Solar found 42 states, plus the District of Columbia, had] state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on distributed solar policy, with a focus on net metering, distributed solar valuation, community solar, residential fixed charges, residential demand and solar charges, third-party ownership, and utility-led rooftop solar programs…[The greatest number of actions were in] continuing to address net metering policies (51), community solar policies (33), and residential fixed charge or minimum bill increases (23). A total of 155 distributed solar policy actions were taken during Q1 2021, with the greatest number of actions taken in South Carolina, California, New York, Maine, and Kentucky…

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The report identifies three trends in solar policy activity taken in Q1 2021: (1) fees based on distributed generation system capacity gaining traction, (2) states revisiting net metering successor tariffs, and (3) states increasing net metering system size limits and aggregate caps…

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…[The top five distributed solar policy actions of Q1 were] Connecticut regulators approving net metering successor tariff designs…New Mexico lawmakers enacting community solar legislation…California utilities and stakeholder filing Net Metering 3.0 proposals…Kansas regulators rejecting Evergy’s proposed distributed generation fees…[and] West Virginia lawmakers passing legislation authorizing third-party solar power purchase agreements…” click here for more

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