Committee backs community solar changes to preserve bill credits and accelerate interconnection
Senators advanced House Bill 12‑25 to make bill credits for community solar responsive to electricity rates, establish a stakeholder working group on surety bonds for interconnection costs, and allow qualified third parties to perform interconnection work; sponsors said the changes will protect projects from expiring federal tax credits and speed deployment.
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Senator Bright told the committee House Bill 12‑25 would help distributed energy resources such as community solar gardens by fixing three problems: ensuring bill credits remain aligned with electricity rates (rather than literal fixed offsets that decline in value), establishing a working group on surety bonds to cover interconnection upgrade costs, and allowing qualified third parties to perform interconnection studies and upgrade work to shorten long utility timelines.
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