Directed the state’s Renewable Energy Transmission Authority to participate in regional transmission forums and grants it the power of eminent domain to acquire property of rights of way for public use if needed to regional transmission projects.
Diminishing the value of solar energy produced below what it would have received under net metering.
Diminishing the value of solar energy produced below what it would have received under net metering.
Continues to analyze the value of DERs including solar, but also considering other types of resources including storage.
Created separate interim rates for solar-plus-storage and solar alone, pending a final net metering successor to be developed.
Provided a template for how to consider the various types of value that solar systems provide to the grid and society.
Required utilities to collaborate with inverter manufacturers to develop a reasonable self-certification process for advanced inverters even before national standards were established.
In July 2020, Massachusetts finalized its first-in-the-nation Clean Peak Standard.
The Maryland Energy Administration awarded a grant to Standard Solar for the development of a large, entirely solar and battery powered microgrid in an office park in Laurel, MD.
Provided $75,000 for feasibility studies to fourteen projects and communities across the state.