Amendment ID: S2477-57

Amendment 57

Net Metering Cap Exemption for On-Site Solar

Ms. Lovely, Messrs. Eldridge, O'Connor, Pacheco, Tarr and Moore move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting the following sections:-

SECTION XX. Subsection (i) of section 139 of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking the words "(1) equal to or less than 10 kilowatts on a single phase circuit or (2) 25 kilowatts on a 3 phase circuit" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- "equal to or less than 25 kilowatts."

SECTION XX. Said section 139 of chapter 164 is hereby further amended by inserting after subsection (i) the following subsection:-

(i 1/2) A Class I net metering facility greater than 25 kilowatts in nameplate capacity, a Class II net metering facility or a Class III net metering facility shall be exempt from the aggregate net metering capacity of net metering facilities and may net meter and accrue Class I, Class II or Class III net metering credits if it is generating renewable energy and serves on-site load, other than parasitic or non-station load.