Solar Energy
Maryland 2022 Regular Session
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Maryland Energy Administration – Resiliency Hub Grant Program and Fund [HB-31]
[Energy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Climate Change ]
[Environmental ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
Establishing the Resiliency Hub Grant Program in the Maryland Energy Administration to develop resiliency hubs that serve low- and moderate-income households at no cost to the households; defining "resiliency hub" as a location where solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage are designed to provide electricity during extended grid outages; requiring the Administration to establish certain procedures and criteria for the Program; requiring that certain fines and penalties be credited to a certain fund; etc.
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Hawaii 2022 Regular Session
Relating To Renewable Energy. [SB-372]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
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 1/1/2023.
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Maine 130th Legislature
An Act To Reduce the Nameplate Capacity of Distributed Generation Resource Projects to Qualify for Net Energy Billing and Decrease Tariff Rates for Customers Participating in Net Energy Billing Programs [HB-1596]
[Energy ]
An Act To Reduce the Nameplate Capacity of Distributed Generation Resource Projects to Qualify for Net Energy Billing and Decrease Tariff Rates for Customers Participating in Net Energy Billing Programs
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Maine 130th Legislature
An Act Regarding Net Energy Billing Limits [HB-1332]
[Energy ]
An Act Regarding Net Energy Billing Limits
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Maine 130th Legislature
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An Act To Support the Continued Access to Solar Energy and Battery Storage by Maine Homes and Businesses [SB-1100]
[Energy ]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
An Act To Support the Continued Access to Solar Energy and Battery Storage by Maine Homes and Businesses
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Maine 130th Legislature
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An Act To Support Arrearage Management Programs through Unused Kilowatt-hour Credits Derived from Net Energy Billing Arrangements [HB-1025]
[Energy ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
An Act To Support Arrearage Management Programs through Unused Kilowatt-hour Credits Derived from Net Energy Billing Arrangements
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Maine 130th Legislature
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An Act To Amend State Laws Relating to Net Energy Billing and the Procurement of Distributed Generation [HB-936]
[Energy ]
An Act To Amend State Laws Relating to Net Energy Billing and the Procurement of Distributed Generation
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Maine 130th Legislature
An Act To Facilitate the Recycling of Clean Energy Equipment [HB-900]
[Energy ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Environmental ]
An Act To Facilitate the Recycling of Clean Energy Equipment
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Maine 130th Legislature
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An Act To Reduce Volatility in the Net Energy Billing Program and To Define "Competitive Electricity Provider" [SB-634]
[Energy ]
An Act To Reduce Volatility in the Net Energy Billing Program and To Define "Competitive Electricity Provider"
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Clean and Renewable Energy Standard (CARES) [HB-1362]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Altering the State's renewable energy portfolio standard to be the clean and renewable energy standard; altering certain legislative findings regarding and purposes of the standard; requiring certain percentages of certain energy in the State to be derived from certain clean energy sources and certain renewable energy sources in certain years; altering certain required percentages of certain energy to satisfy the standard in certain years; establishing certain qualifications for certain clean energy resources; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Blue Ribbon Solar Land Use Commission [HB-1356]
[Energy ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Blue Ribbon Solar Land Use Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the land use needs to meet the State's solar energy goals in a cost-effective manner under the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard; providing for the composition, cochairs, and staffing of the Commission; requiring the Commission to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2021; etc.
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Maine 130th Legislature
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An Act To Improve Consumer Protections for Community Solar Projects [HB-507]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Energy ]
An Act To Improve Consumer Protections for Community Solar Projects
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Public Safety - Fire Prevention Codes and Maryland Building Performance Standards - Solar Energy Generating Systems [SB-940]
[Public Safety ]
[Energy ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Subjecting the adoption of a certain fire prevention code to authorizations granted to a county or municipal corporation for the installation of solar energy generating systems of any size on the rooftop of a single-family residential dwelling for which a permit is required; authorizing a county or municipal corporation to require the installation of a certain solar energy generating system to include a certain fire protection pathway, subject to certain exceptions; etc.
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Virginia 2021 Special I
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Solar and energy storage projects; siting agreements throughout the Commonwealth. [SB-1207]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Property Tax ]
Solar and energy storage projects; siting agreements and special exceptions throughout the Commonwealth. Expands existing provisions related to siting agreements and zoning special exceptions for solar projects located in an opportunity zone to include energy storage projects and makes the provisions statewide. The bill provides that its provisions shall not apply to any energy storage project that has received zoning and site plan approval, preliminary or otherwise, from the host locality before January 1, 2021. The bill also provides that its
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Virginia 2021 Special I
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Solar and energy storage projects; siting agreements throughout the Commonwealth. [HB-2201]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
[Property Tax ]
Solar and energy storage projects; siting agreements and special exceptions throughout the Commonwealth. Expands existing provisions related to siting agreements and zoning special exceptions for solar projects located in an opportunity zone to include energy storage projects and makes the provisions statewide. The bill provides that its provisions shall not apply to any energy storage project that has received zoning and site plan approval, preliminary or otherwise, from the host locality before January 1, 2021. The bill also provides that its
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Virginia 2021 Special I
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Solar energy projects and energy storage systems; revenue share for projects and systems. [HB-2269]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
Revenue share for solar energy projects and energy storage systems. Allows localities to assess a revenue share of up to $1,400 per megawatt on energy storage systems. The bill provides that on July 1, 2026, and every five years thereafter, the maximum amount of the revenue share that a locality may impose on certain solar energy projects and energy storage systems shall be increased by 10 percent. No increase may be made to any revenue share imposed by a locality on a solar energy project or energy storage systems for which an application has been
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Maine 130th Legislature
An Act Relating to Solar Energy Installation [SB-426]
[Energy ]
An Act Relating to Solar Energy Installation
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Property Tax - Community Solar Energy Generating Systems [SB-841]
[Energy ]
[Property Tax ]
[Taxes ]
Establishing certain community solar energy generating systems as a subclass of personal property; providing that the county tax rate applicable to certain community solar energy generating systems may be a different rate from the county tax rate applicable to other personal property, subject to a certain limitation; authorizing a county or municipal government body to exempt, by law, personal property that is a certain community solar energy generating system from a county or municipal corporation property tax under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
Property Tax – Solar Energy Systems [HB-954]
[Property Tax ]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
Establishing certain solar energy property as a subclass of personal property; providing that the county tax rate applicable to certain solar energy property may be a different rate from the county tax rate applicable to other personal property, subject to a certain limitation; exempting personal property that is a certain community solar energy generating system from a county or municipal corporation property tax under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2021 Regular Session
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Montgomery County - Community Choice Energy - Pilot Program MC 17-21 [HB-768]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Community Development ]
Applying certain laws regarding net energy metering and community solar generating systems to customers served by a community choice aggregator; altering the circumstances under which counties and municipal corporations may act as an aggregator; establishing the Community Choice Aggregator Pilot Program; establishing a process by which, beginning on December 31, 2023, a certain county may form a community choice aggregator; requiring a certain county to develop a plan and give notice of a certain aggregation plan; etc.