Pathway 2.

Cross-Cutting Approaches to Reducing Emissions → Financing at the Grid Edge

2.5.6 Shared Renewables

LPDD Recommendation: “States should assure that each energy customer may purchase energy through local group or community arrangements.”

LPDD Recommendation: “States should enable customers who own a portion of a community energy project, or have a power purchase agreement for a portion of such a project, to reduce their billing for the property where they consume electricity by the amount of their entitlement in the project on a real-time basis (virtual net metering).”

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Con Edison’s Commercial Battery Storage Project

Jurisdiction: Public Utilities

A new ownership model whereby the utility sites batteries at customer sites which it is free to draw on during peak periods, but which the customer may utilize during non-peak period.

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.