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Panel urges faster, fairer interconnection: flexible interconnection, payment plans and net‑crediting on the table
Summary
DOER and industry witnesses told the committee that interconnection delays and up-front upgrade costs block projects; they urged flexible interconnection, payment plans for interconnection deposits and DPU action on net‑crediting to speed projects into service before federal deadlines.
Witnesses told legislators that interconnection timelines and the allocation of grid upgrade costs are a major bottleneck for both distributed and utility-scale solar, and they urged state regulators to adopt reforms such as flexible interconnection, payment plans for interconnection deposits and net‑crediting to simplify customer billing.
"We've been working with the DPU on coming up with a payment plan, actually, a different type of payment plan for interconnection payments so that developers can secure their spot for interconnection," Elizabeth Mahoney said, describing an approach that would let developers…
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