Pathway 5.

Electricity Decarbonization → Distributed Renewable Energy

5.2.21 Community Renewables and Other DER Ownership Structures

LPDD Recommendation: “States legislatures or state agencies should facilitate the deployment of solar installations through third-party ownership models, through maintaining net metering rate structures, and excluding third-party owners from the definition of regulated utilities.”

LPDD Recommendation: “State legislatures and PUCs should expand community solar ownership legislation, such as virtual net metering, for all customers.”

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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.

Coalition for Community Solar Access

Jurisdiction: Private Entities

A national coalition of businesses and non-profits working to expand community solar.

NREL report: State Considerations for Designing Community Solar Policy

Jurisdiction: States and State Governments

Analyzing the impacts of program caps, project size caps, subscriber location requirements, subscriber eligibility requirements, low and moderate income stipulations, and subscriber compensation mechanisms.