Permits dual-use solar energy projects to participate in community solar program.*
What changed between versions
The term 'dual-use or agrivoltaics solar facilities' was renamed to 'dual-use solar energy project.' The detailed inline definition (requiring panels on unpreserved farmland with continued simultaneous agricultural or horticultural use below and adjacent to the panels) was deleted and replaced with a cross-reference to the definition in section 1 of P.L.2021, c.170 (C.48:3-87.13). This means eligibility now depends on how that existing statute defines the term rather than the bill's own language.
The eligibility provision in subsection h was updated to use the new term 'dual-use solar energy project' instead of 'dual-use or agrivoltaics solar facilities,' and a new subsection letter 'a' was inserted. The practical effect is that the class of projects eligible for community solar participation is now defined by reference to P.L.2021, c.170 rather than by the bill's own criteria.
The cross-reference at the end of subsection h was changed from 'P.L.2025, c.135, s.5' to 'P.L.2025, c.135, s.11,' likely reflecting a renumbering in that law.
Senator Linda R. Greenstein (District 14) was added as a co-sponsor.
The explanatory Statement section at the end of the bill was removed, which is standard when a bill moves from introduction to committee report status.
