Important, Focused Actions On Solar In 2022

The 50 States of Solar: States Focus on Grid Benefits and LMI Customer Access in Distributed Solar Program Design During 2022

January 25, 2023 (North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center [NCCETC])

“…[The 2022 annual review and Q4 update edition of The 50 States of Solar found] that 46 states and the District of Columbia took some type of distributed solar policy action during 2022…[The greatest number of actions related] to net metering policies, community solar policies, and residential fixed charge increases. The states taking the greatest number of actions are Illinois, California, New York, Connecticut, Maine, Colorado, and Michigan…

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[The top distributed solar policy trends of 2022 included] States moving away from traditional net metering…Net billing becoming the dominant successor tariff structure…States incorporating LMI-specific provisions in solar programs…Focusing on grid access fees and minimum bills…New states considering community solar programs…Growing use of time-varying compensation rates for distributed generation…

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…Encouraging distributed generation systems paired with battery storage…States tying labor requirements to solar programs…Distributed generation programs increasing in complexity…and States taking an iterative approach to distributed generation program design…A total of 285 state and utility level distributed solar policy and rate changes were proposed, pending, or decided in 2022…” click here for more

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