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.”

IREC Shared Renewables Resources

Model Rules for Shared Renewable Energy Programs, a National Shared Renewables Energy Scorecard, and a Shared Renewables Policy Catalogue