{"AmendmentNumber":"475","ParentBillNumber":"S3064","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"JDM1","Name":"Joseph D. McKenna","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/JDM1","ResponseDate":"2026-06-16T16:30:38.97"},"Category":null,"Action":"Consolidated","RollCall":[],"Title":"Preventing deforestation for solar array installation","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. McKenna of Sutton moves to amend the bill by adding the following new section:—\r\n\r\nSECTION XX.\r\nSection 11 of chapter 25A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:—\r\nIn administering the solar incentive program established pursuant to this section, the department of public utilities shall incorporate an incentive-subtractor to be applied against any compensation rate or incentive block allocation otherwise available to a solar energy generation facility under the solar Massachusetts renewable target program. The incentive-subtractor shall be calculated on a per-acre basis for each acre of previously undisturbed forest cleared for the installation of such facility, at a rate to be established by the department in consultation with the state forester, and shall reduce the applicable incentive rate for the duration of the facility's participation in the program. For the purposes of this section, \"previously undisturbed forest\" shall mean land that has been a forest for not less than 15 years prior to the date of application for interconnection or program eligibility, as determined by the state forester using available mapping, remote sensing data, and any other relevant information. A facility that clears previously undisturbed forest in an amount that would result in an incentive-subtractor exceeding the facility's base compensation rate shall be ineligible for participation in the program.\r\n"}