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Committee considers streamlined CPCN for 2'5 MW community solar projects to speed development
Summary
Senate Bill 983 would create a new, expedited CPCN pathway for 2'5 MW community solar projects, requiring the Power Plant Research Program to develop standard siting and design criteria the PSC would use for review.
Senator Christopher Brooks told the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee that Senate Bill 983 establishes a new DG-CPCN process for community solar projects sized between 2 megawatts and 5 megawatts, a category currently handled through a CPCN process intended for much larger power plants.
Senator Brooks said Maryland made community solar permanent in recent years and anticipates a surge of CPCN filings: he cited an internal Power Plant Research Program (PPRP) expectation of…
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