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Committee backs bill to raise community solar targets; Rate Counsel urges careful cost review
Summary
The committee moved AB 5768 to increase community solar targets by 3,000 megawatts beginning in August; Rate Counsel and others supported community solar but warned about capacity availability, program roll-out and impacts on nonparticipants' bills.
The Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee on June 25 amended and released AB 5768 to require the Board of Public Utilities to revise community solar program targets, adding an additional 3,000 megawatts to the board's goals beginning in August of the year the bill takes effect.
New Jersey League of Conservation Voters and environmental groups testified in favor, saying community solar is currently among the cheapest and fastest ways to add…
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