Modifies various provisions of State's renewable energy incentive programs; requires electric public utilities to consider interconnection applications for certain solar projects.*
What changed between versions
Section 1(e) was deleted entirely. This provision required developers who had previously received TREC program approvals for projects not yet in commercial operation to register those projects in the community solar or remote net metering program within 90 days of the bill's effective date.
Section 1(f) (formerly 1(f)) was significantly weakened. The introduced version required utilities to approve interconnection applications within 90 days and complete interconnection within 30 days of developer notification, with a $5,000-per-day penalty payable to the developer for missed deadlines. The committee version removes all specific time deadlines and the penalty, leaving only a general obligation to accept, process, and approve upon receipt of a complete application.
Section 1(h) was deleted entirely. This provision allowed any renewable energy facility to utilize previously awarded but unused TREC incentives (including from projects that missed deadlines or did not fully use their allocation), subject to filing a certification with the board and providing evidence of assignment from the prior developer, with a 15-year qualification life.
Minor technical corrections: removed a redundant 'be' in the co-location definition for net metered projects, changed 'permission to operate' to hyphenated 'permission-to-operate,' and reformatted numbered conditions in section 1(b) from parenthetical numbers to colon/semicolon style.
