The 50 States of Photo voltaic: States Pursue Funding to Assist Residential Photo voltaic in Low-Revenue & Deprived Communities

The N.C. Clear Vitality Expertise Middle (NCCETC) has launched its Q3 2023 version of The 50 States of Photo voltaic. The quarterly collection offers insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on distributed photo voltaic coverage, with a give attention to internet metering, distributed photo voltaic valuation, group photo voltaic, residential fastened costs, residential demand and photo voltaic costs, third-party possession, and utility-led rooftop photo voltaic packages.

The report finds that 39 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, took some kind of distributed photo voltaic coverage motion throughout Q3 2023 (see determine beneath), with the best variety of actions persevering with to handle internet metering insurance policies (47), and residential fastened cost or minimal invoice will increase (44), and group photo voltaic insurance policies (38). A complete of 157 distributed photo voltaic coverage actions have been taken throughout Q3 2023, with essentially the most actions taken in California, North Carolina, New York, Hawaii, Maine, and New Mexico.

Q3 2023 Coverage Motion on Web Metering, Fee Design, and Photo voltaic Possession

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The report identifies three traits in photo voltaic coverage exercise taken in Q3 2023: (1) states using carve-outs and incentives to advertise low-income group photo voltaic participation, (2) utilities working to align distributed technology compensation tariffs throughout jurisdictions, and (3) states pursuing rooftop and group photo voltaic incentive funding by way of the U.S. Environmental Safety Company’s Photo voltaic for All program.

“This quarter, policymakers in a number of states took motion to enhance engagement of low- and moderate-income (LMI) households for group photo voltaic services,” stated Vincent Potter, Coverage Analyst at NCCETC. “New Jersey’s everlasting group photo voltaic program requires all services to serve no less than 51% LMI clients. Minnesota and Washington State regulators are reviewing LMI-focused entry guidelines inside their group photo voltaic packages.”

The report notes the highest 5 distributed photo voltaic coverage actions of Q3 2023:

• The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approving a group photo voltaic program;
• California regulators submitting a proposed determination on digital internet metering;
• Maine lawmakers enacting a photo voltaic successor program invoice;
• The North Carolina Utilities Fee approving adjustments to industrial internet metering; and
• Michigan utilities planning distributed technology program expansions.

“We proceed seeing elevated complexity within the new internet metering and internet billing program constructions being accepted, a lot of which use time-varying credit score charges or require clients to be on a time-of-use tariff,” famous Brian Lips, Senior Coverage Venture Supervisor at NCCETC.

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