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Affordable‑housing developers and VHFA urge short extension to group net‑metering sunset to align with Solar for All rollout
Summary
Evernorth and VHFA told the House committee that federal Solar for All funds and an upcoming VHFA MASH program justify a short extension to the group net‑metering sunset so affordable multifamily projects can deploy off‑site community solar; VHFA and Evernorth asked for more time and clearer successor‑program rules.
Developers of affordable rental housing and the Vermont Housing Finance Agency on April 10 asked the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee for a short extension of the statutory sunset on virtual group net‑metering so they can use pending federal Solar for All funds and an upcoming VHFA program to put solar into low‑income multifamily buildings.
Kathy Bayer, vice president for real estate development at Evernorth, told the committee that the organization has developed thousands of affordable rental apartments in the region and that this is “the first time we have had access to financial incentives for solar.” She presented Bay Ridge Apartments in Shelburne as an example: rooftop solar there would offset about 15% of the building’s electric load, and a separately sited 150‑kilowatt system already…
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