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Committee backs smaller, limited community solar program; caps and municipal access included

3281037 · May 9, 2025
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Summary

The committee approved a reduced bill that raises project size to 500 kilowatts and caps total program capacity at 18 megawatts, and allows public institutions and public housing entities to participate in the program.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to advance a narrowed community solar and distributed generation proposal that raises individual project capacity to 500 kilowatts and caps the overall program at 18 megawatts.

Committee members described the bill as a reduced version of an earlier Senate proposal. Under the version the committee approved, the Department of Energy (state agency referenced in the bill) would administer…

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