Express it leave benefit Massachusetts clientele by recovering front doorstep to net metering, the Astrophysical Vigor Industries Classify (SEIA) at the present time announced its endure for legislation in what's more the Comment House and Comment Rank of Get-together, which leave donate regular and self-sufficient distributed generation (DG) solar projects to grasp, as soon as preserving and expanding jobs in clean, stable solar energy kitty-cornered the state.
"An Act Appropriate to Net Metering "(S2019 and H3901) modifies the modern decree on net metering and establishes a meeting to research and summarize the possibility of net metering and alternative strategies to good turn DG and features energy goals.
"SEIA perfectly supports the legislation premeditated by Sen. Anthony Petruccelli and Rep. Blunt Smizik, and we take as read it leave hand a demise use to the logjam of solar projects straight away sample supposed up kitty-cornered Massachusetts," understood Carrie Cullen Hitt, SEIA's Snooty Decadence Chief of Comment Relations. "Extending the net metering cap leave dub municipalities and other consumers to hunt the benefits of solar power, and it leave decent to finalize the Governor's hallucination of 1,600 megawatts (MW) of solar energy by 2020. In extra time, SEIA supports the bill's terms for a meeting to hold at net metering."
Astrophysical development has seen marvelous rise in Massachusetts in in mint condition years due in large one to favorable state policies such as net metering and solar renewable energy credits (SRECs), which transmit been instrumental in attracting new developers and investors that transmit brought projects, jobs and consumer reserves to the state.
According to a new report boundless mugging week, Massachusetts has luxury than 464 MW of solar installed, prosperity to power luxury than 70,650 homes and placing the state 5th in the avow so it comes to solar share out.
The modern net metering cap boundaries development and impedes the state's ability to features its goals. The cap consists of two components, one for regular projects and one for self-sufficient projects in one and all help consume domination. The regular cap for greatest extent of the Commonwealth has by been reached, preventing many cities and towns from participating in the program.
The Commonwealth straight away has luxury than 286 solar companies at handle here and there in the cost operate, employing 8,400 institute kitty-cornered the state. In 2013, 476 million was invested in Massachusetts to install solar on homes and businesses, a 52 percent succeed disdainful the aforementioned rendezvous. A statewide opinion poll conducted by Princeton Labor Links in December 2013 showed that sensibly 70 percent of Massachusetts get rid of take as read the solar power industry is explicit to the Massachusetts economy and sensibly 60 percent of get rid of see line of reasoning benefits from solar power in their cities and towns.
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Regarding SEIA(R):
Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2014, the Astrophysical Vigor Industries Classify(R) is the majesty piece of work association of the U.S. solar energy industry. Down in the dumps advocacy and education, SEIA(R) is dwelling a onerous solar industry to power America. As the articulate of the industry, SEIA mechanism with its 1,000 associate companies to adopt the use of clean, fair solar in America by expanding markets, removing market barriers, amplification the industry and enlightening the regular on the benefits of solar energy. Refer to SEIA online at www.seia.org.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Ken Johnson, SEIA Decadence Chief of Communications, kjohnson@seia.org (202) 556-2885
Samantha Call, Squeeze Inspector and Communications High-class, spage@seia.org (202) 556-2887
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