Amendment #21 to S1979

Prioritizing Interconnection

Mr. Hecht of Watertown moves to amend the bill by inserting the following text:

SECTION XX. The department of public utilities shall consult with stakeholders to make effective no later than March 1, 2016, an enforceable program to prioritize processing interconnection applications and performing interconnection construction to place in service solar facilities eligible for federal investment tax credits under 26 USC 48 and 26 USC 25D before January 1, 2017. The department shall enforce this program by whatever mechanism it determines appropriate.