SECTION 1. Section 138 of Chapter 164 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “customer” the following definition:-

“equal access solar net metering project”, the solar energy generating equipment interconnected with the electric distribution system at a single point behind a single meter where a customer of a distribution company’s load is measured, with a nameplate capacity of not more than 60kw AC, located on a parcel of land subdivided after January 1, 2010 or co-owned or co-tenanted by multiple customers of a distribution company.

SECTION 2. Section 139 of Chapter 164 is hereby amended by inserting after subsection (k) the following subsection:-

(l) There shall be no more than one equal access solar net metering project registered to a particular customer of a distribution company on a single parcel of land, excepting equal access solar net metering projects registered to publicly-assisted housing developments as defined in chapter 40T, section 1; provided further that no particular customer of a distribution company shall register both an equal access solar net metering solar project and a solar net metering facility on a single parcel of land; provided further that the aggregate capacity of equal access solar net metering projects and solar net metering facilities on a single parcel of land shall not exceed 2MW; and provided further that for the purposes of calculating net metering credits, market net metering credits and any incentives offered pursuant to section 11F of chapter 25 of the general laws or section 11 of chapter 75 of the acts of 2016, the capacity of an equal access solar net metering project shall not be aggregated with any other equal access solar net metering projects or solar net metering facilities located on the same parcel of land.

SECTION 3. No solar energy generating equipment interconnected with the electric distribution system before the effective date of this act shall qualify as an equal access solar net metering project.