Electric utilities; shared solar programs.

Electric utilities; shared solar programs. Expandsthe current shared solar program to include participation by PhaseI Utilities. The bill introduces incentives for shared solar programsthat are located on rooftops, brownfields, or landfills, are dual-useagricultural facilities, or meet any other category of incentivethat the Department of Energy may establish. The bill authorizesthe State Corporation Commission to establish a program cap on theamount of capacity for Phase I Utilities' shared solar programs. Provisions of the bill shall be implemented by the State Corporation Commissionby December 31, 2022. The bill permits both jurisdictional and nonjurisdictional customers to participate in a shared solar program and creates astakeholder group to address interconnection issues and propose changesvia petition to the Commission by January 1, 2023. The bill alsoallows utilities to recover the costs of incentives established bythe bill.