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Connecticut Green Bank pitches Solar Map Plus to NVCOG; highlights new incentives for affordable housing and school projects
Summary
Katie Shelton of the Connecticut Green Bank told NVCOG members the Solar Map Plus program provides no-cost technical assistance for municipal, school and affordable multifamily solar projects and that a recent state incentive shift yields a residential revenue contract of "just over 37¢ a kilowatt hour," with a requirement that benefits be shared with residents.
Katie Shelton, senior manager of market engagement for the Connecticut Green Bank, outlined the agency’s Solar Map Plus (Solar Marketplace Assistance) program to member municipalities, describing no-cost technical assistance and third‑party development structures for solar and battery projects. "We are a ... state agency founded in 2011," Shelton said, and the program manages project development "from 0.1 to z," including competitive contractor procurement and, when appropriate, long‑term third‑party ownership.
Shelton emphasized a recent incentive shift that affects affordable…
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