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Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee discusses S57, advances S50 as vehicle for community solar
Summary
On Feb. 28 the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee spent most of its meeting on S57, a proposal tied to a standard-offer solar program, and voted 5-0 to find S50 favorable, agreeing to use S50 as a potential vehicle to advance community solar policy before crossover.
The Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee met Feb. 28 to discuss two renewable-energy bills and to decide how to proceed on community solar policy ahead of crossover deadlines. Committee members spent the first part of the meeting discussing Senate Bill 57, a proposal tied to restoring or revising a standard-offer program for small-scale photovoltaic projects, and then voted to find Senate Bill 50 favorable, 5-0, with the committee selecting S50 as a possible vehicle to carry community solar language.
Committee members said the goals for S57 include encouraging a diversity of solar project sizes and lowering costs for smaller projects. "My hope, with this bill what it is, you know, that through the standard offer that this would be a way to ensure that there's a diversity of sizes of, photovoltaic systems,…
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