Pathway 2.

Cross-Cutting Approaches to Reducing Emissions → Financing Large-Scale Projects

2.4.2 Community Ownership Structures

LPDD Recommendation: “More states could adopt virtual net metering to allow customers to receive utility bill credits from an off-site generating system.”

LPDD Recommendation: “More states could allow community solar systems so that electricity service providers may sell electricity from a centralized system to multiple power purchase agreement customers.”

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Oregon’s SB 1547

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Oregon’s SB 1547 boosted the state’s renewable energy mandate to 50 percent renewables by 2040, and mandates a program for procuring power from community solar projects.

Minnesota’s Community Solar Garden program

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures, State Public Utility Commissions

Allows multiple customers to engage with a common, utility- or non-utility owned solar system up to 1 MW.

Massachusetts’ Neighborhood Net Metering and Community Shared Solar programs

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures, State Public Utility Commissions

Allows multiple customers to engage with a common, non-utility owned DG system up to 2 MW (or 10 MW for government), using solar, wind, or certain other renewables defined by law.

New Hampshire’s Group Net Metering program

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments, State Public Utility Commissions

Allows multiple customers to engage with a common, non-utility owned DG system up to 1 MW, using solar, wind, or certain other renewables defined by law.

Vermont’s Group Net Metering program

Jurisdiction: State Public Utility Commissions

Allows multiple customers to engage with a common, non-utility owned DG system up to 500 kW, using solar, wind, or certain other renewables defined by law.

New York’s Community Distributed Generation program

Jurisdiction: State Public Utility Commissions

Allows multiple customers to engage with a common, non-utility-owned DG system up to 5 MW, using solar, wind, or certain other renewables defined by law.

Colorado’s Community Solar program

Jurisdiction: State Legislatures

Allows multiple customers to engage with a common, utility- or non-utility-owned solar system up to 2 MW.

Windustry and Midwest Wind Energy Center

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

A nonprofit organization working to advance community wind projects across the Midwest, and also managing the Midwest Wind Energy Center.

ELPC handbook on Community Wind Financing

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

Guiding project champions and developers through best practices on financing community wind projects, including ownership structures, roles of financial intermediaries, and sources of federal and state financial support.

Grid Alternatives

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

A nonprofit organization that brings together community partners, volunteers, and job-trainees to install solar power and energy efficiency improvements for low income families.