Solar Energy

State (Maine)
Maine 129th Legislature

An Act Regarding Net Energy Billing Limits [SB-2093] [Energy ]
An Act Regarding Net Energy Billing Limits

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David R. Miramant Carried Over To Any Special Session Of The 129th Legislature Pursuant To Joint Order Sp 788. on 03/17/2020

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Frederick County - Solar Energy - Municipal Electric Utilities [SB-559] [Energy ] [Environmental ]
Altering to 2.5% the percentage of the renewable energy portfolio standard that must be derived from solar energy for a municipal electric utility in Frederick County.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald N Young Hearing 2/14 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Frederick County - Solar Energy - Municipal Electric Utilities [HB-418] [Energy ] [Environmental ]
Altering to 2.5% the percentage of the renewable energy portfolio standard that must be derived from solar energy for a municipal electric utility in Frederick County.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Frederick County Delegation Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/12/2020

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Relating To Energy. [HB-2413] [Energy ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office, in consultation with DOH, to conduct a comprehensive study to determine the best practices for disposal and recycling of discarded clean energy products in the State. Requires an interim report and a final report to the legislature. Appropriates funds for study. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Todd The Hearing On This Measure Has Been Cancelled Until Further Notice. on 03/16/2020

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (CARES) [HB-363] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ]
Altering the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean and renewable energy standard"; altering the eligibility of certain sources of energy for the creation of credits under the clean and renewable energy standard; removing certain sources from the definition of a Tier 1 renewable source; altering provisions relating to the intent of the General Assembly; altering and extending the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from certain energy sources in certain years; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adrienne A. Jones Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/05/2020

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (CARES) [SB-265] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ]
Altering the "renewable energy portfolio standard" to be the "clean and renewable energy standard"; altering the eligibility of certain sources of energy for the creation of credits under the clean and renewable energy standard; removing certain sources from the definition of a Tier 1 renewable source; altering provisions relating to the intent of the General Assembly; altering and extending the minimum required percentage of energy that must be derived from certain energy sources in certain years; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William C. Ferguson Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/22/2020

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Related To Renewable Energy. [SB-2749] [Energy ] [Public Health ]
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to study and recommend how to implement a smart imports program in Hawaii. Requires electric utilities to offer excess electricity to consumers during daylight hours at cost for any legal purpose beginning 1/1/2022.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang Referred To Eet, Cph. on 01/27/2020

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Clean Energy Jobs - Workforce Development - Scope [SB-224] [Energy ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Veterans ] [Criminal Justice ] [Funding ]
Altering the scope of apprenticeship and training programs that may receive certain support through the Clean Energy Workforce Account from the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund for clean energy industry development; providing that $750,000 from the Fund be designated for the recruitment of individuals, including veterans and formerly incarcerated individuals, to the pre-apprenticeship jobs training programs and the registered apprenticeship jobs training programs beginning in fiscal year 2021; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian J. Feldman Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 410 on 05/08/2020

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2020 Regular Session

Solar Photovoltaic Recycling [HB-165] [Energy ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Environmental ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ]
Establishing a solar photovoltaic recycling fee; requiring a person installing a solar electric generating facility in the State to pay the fee beginning October 1, 2020; establishing the Solar Photovoltaic Recycling Fund; requiring 20% of the first sale price of each renewable energy credit sold to be deposited into the Fund; providing that the purpose of the Fund is to provide funding for technologies and processes that assist with the recycling of solar photovoltaic systems; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Seth A. Howard Unfavorable Report By Economic Matters on 03/02/2020

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maine)
Maine 129th Legislature

An Act To Eliminate the Cap on the Number of Accounts or Meters Designated for Net Energy Billing [SB-790] [Energy ]
An Act To Eliminate the Cap on the Number of Accounts or Meters Designated for Net Energy Billing

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan Libby Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 02/06/2020

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maine)
Maine 129th Legislature

An Act To Expand Community-based Solar Energy in Maine [SB-1127] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ]
An Act To Expand Community-based Solar Energy in Maine

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Woodsome Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 02/06/2020

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2020 Regular Session

Related To Renewable Energy. [SB-257] [Energy ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Requires the Public Utilities Commission to study and recommend how to implement a smart imports program in Hawaii. Requires electric utilities to offer excess electricity to consumers during daylight hours at cost for any legal purpose beginning 1/1/2021.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maine)
Maine 128th Legislature

An Act To Promote the Development of Solar Energy in Maine [SB-1124] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ]
An Act To Promote the Development of Solar Energy in Maine

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Everett Brownie Carson Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/25/2017

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maine)
Maine 128th Legislature

An Act To Modernize Rates for Small-scale Distributed Generation [SB-1504] [Energy ]
An Act To Modernize Rates for Small-scale Distributed Generation

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Norman E. Higgins Placed In The Legislative Files. (dead) on 08/02/2017

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maine)
Maine 128th Legislature

An Act To Prohibit Gross Metering [SB-1444] [Energy ]
An Act To Prohibit Gross Metering

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Norman E. Higgins Speaker Laid Before The House on 04/10/2018

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Maine)
Maine 128th Legislature

An Act To Protect and Expand Access to Solar Power in Maine [HB-1373] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ]
An Act To Protect and Expand Access to Solar Power in Maine

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Deane Rykerson Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 03/01/2018

Weigh In

Votes for: 1 Votes against: 0

State (Maine)
Maine 128th Legislature

An Act To Advance Locally Owned Solar Energy Systems [SB-1352] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Small Business ]
An Act To Advance Locally Owned Solar Energy Systems

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Woodsome Pursuant To Joint Rule 310.3 Placed In Legislative Files (dead) on 05/02/2017

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Electric utilities; community solar pilot programs. [SB-1393] [Energy ] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Consumer Protection ] [Climate Change ]
Electric utilities; community solar pilot programs. Requires Dominion Virginia Power and Appalachian Power to conduct a community solar pilot program for retail customers. A pilot program will authorize the participating utility to sell electric power to subscribing customers under a voluntary companion rate schedule, and the utility will generate or purchase the electric power from eligible generation facilities selected for inclusion in the pilot program. An eligible generation facility is an electrical generation facility that (i) exclusively (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Adam P. Ebbin Governor: Approved By Governor-chapter 580 (effective 7/1/17) on 03/16/2017

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Electric utilities; margin on solar energy power purchase agreements. [SB-1388] [Energy ]
Electric utilities; margin on solar energy power purchase agreements. Authorizes any investor-owned incumbent electric utility to enter into, recover the costs of, and earn a margin on power purchase agreements that (i) are executed between July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018, and (ii) are for power generated by solar energy systems located in the Commonwealth and not constructed, owned, or operated by the utility (a) each of which systems has a capacity equal to or greater than two megawatts and (b) which systems in the aggregate have a capacity that (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Frank W. Wagner Stricken At Request Of Patron In Commerce And Labor (15-y 0-n) on 01/30/2017

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0

State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Virginia Solar Energy Development and Energy Storage Authority; increases membership. [SB-1258] [Energy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Manufacturing ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Virginia Solar Energy Development and Energy Storage Authority. Continues the Virginia Solar Energy Development Authority and renames it the Virginia Solar Energy Development and Energy Storage Authority. The measure expands the purposes of the authority to include positioning the Commonwealth as a leader in research, development, commercialization, manufacturing, and deployment of energy storage technology. The powers of the Authority are expanded to include (i) promoting collaborative efforts among Virginia's public and private institutions of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Adam P. Ebbin Senate Concurred In Governor's Recommendation (39-y 0-n 1-a) on 04/05/2017

Weigh In

No votes yet!
Cast yours now to be the first.

Votes for: 0 Votes against: 0