On January 7, 2026, the Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) is scheduled to vote on the proposed amendments to Delaware’s community energy facility (CEF) regulations in Docket REG 3013. If accepted, the proposed amendments would: The proposed amendments also include several non-substantive revisions.
Read the Full ArticleThe Illinois Shines Consumer Protection Working Group (CPWG) recently scheduled a virtual meeting for November 7, 2025, at 10:00 am, CT. According to the agenda, the CPWG plans to discuss interactions between community solar subscriptions and utility budget billing, and workmanship standards for solar installations. Interested parties may join the meeting here.
Read the Full ArticleOn August 14, 2025, in Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Docket No. 23-0714, several renewable advocacy groups filed an Emergency Petition seeking to reopen the proceeding approving the 2024 Long Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan (LTRRPP). The advocacy groups included Solar Energy Industries Association, the Coalition for Community Solar Access, the Illinois Solar Energy Association, and …
Read the Full ArticleOn June 30, 2025, in Docket QO20020184, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) issued a Notice announcing a stakeholder meeting scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 pm via Zoom. The purpose of this meeting is to solicit public input as part of the BPU’s three-year review of the …
Read the Full ArticleThe Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) Program Administrator announced that it plans to open the Residential Sub-Program project submission window on June 16, 2025, at 9:00 am, CT, and close the application window on July 1, 2025, at 5:00 pm, CT. According to the announcement, the ILSFA budget is still being finalized and will be …
Read the Full ArticleOn June 9, 2025, the Illinois Solar for All (ILSFA) Program Administrator announced the release of the ILSFA 2023-2024 Program Year Annual Evaluation Report. In the report, ILLUME, a consultant to ILSFA, evaluated energy, environmental, social, financial, and employment impacts of ILSFA projects which were approved to energize by May 31, 2024. Key findings include: …
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Read the Full ArticleThe North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) scheduled a Solar for All Community Advisory Board meeting for May 14, 2025 from 10:00am-12:00pm (see agenda). Interested parties may join the meeting via WebEx here. In April 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $156 million to EnergizeNC, North Carolina’s Solar for All program, to …
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Read the Full ArticleOn April 24, 2025, the Delaware Renewable Energy Taskforce will hold a hybrid meeting at the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control headquarters in Dover, and streaming online. The meeting will take place at 100 Water Street in Dover, and virtually at this link, from 1:00 – 4:00 pm. Per the agenda, the …
Read the Full ArticleAs last discussed in PJM Flash 25-7, on February 10, 2025, in Rulemaking 56 (RM 56), the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an Order determining that it will adopt the Net Crediting 1 (NC1) method of consolidated billing for Maryland’s Community Solar (CS) Program. As last discussed in PJM Flash 24-44, under NC1, Maryland electric distribution companies (EDCs) will …
Read the Full ArticleOn March 7, 2025, the Illinois Shines Program announced the release of drafts of the 2025-26 Program Guidebook, Consumer Protection Handbook, Minimum Contract Requirements, and REC Prices for stakeholder feedback. The Illinois Power Agency (IPA) has requested comments on these documents by March 26, 2025, before finalizing them on April 18, 2025, in preparation for …
Read the Full ArticleThe Maryland House of Representatives Economic Matters Committee (EMC) scheduled hearings on February 20, February 21, and February 28, 2025, at 1:00 pm in Room 230 of the House Office Building to consider several renewable energy-related bills. We provide a list of said bills along with the synopsis provided by the General Assembly. The EMC …
Read the Full ArticleOn November 20, 2024, in Case PUR-2024-00024, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) issued a Final Order approving rates for the Appalachian Power Company (APCo) for 2025 and 2026. The SCC approved a $9.77 million total increase in the base rates for APCo, translating into a $10.22 per month, or 6.0% increase, for a typical …
Read the Full ArticleOn December 3, 2024, the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities (EPU) Committee held a hearing (see notice) on several bills related to clean energy. We summarized several of these bills in PJM Flash 24-47, following prior hearings before the Senate EPU Committee. We summarize the legislation and the written testimony on those bills at …
Read the Full ArticleAs discussed in PJM Flash 24-29, on July 17, 2024, the Illinois Power Agency (IPA) finalized the Illinois Shines Program block capacity sizes for the 2024-2025 Program Year. As discussed in PJM Flash 24-24, the IPA recently announced the opening of the Illinois Shines Program for the 2024-2025 Program Year. The Program is the State’s primary distributed generation …
Read the Full ArticleOn November 14, 2024, the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities (EPU) Committee scheduled a hearing for November 19, 2024, at 10:00am, at which it will hear testimony on the following bills related to renewable energy: The hearing will take place in-person in the Finance Hearing Room of the Ohio Statehouse, located at 1 Capitol …
Read the Full ArticleOn November 8, 2024, the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee (the Committee) provided updated notice for an upcoming hearing. On the agenda is the third hearing of S.B. No. 275, a proposed bill which would enact rules enabling virtual net metering and meter aggregation. The bill is sponsored by Senator Steve Wilson, and …
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DE PSC to hold kick off meeting in investigation into Delmarva interconnection procedures October 28
On October 28, 2024, in Delaware Public Service Commission (PSC) Docket 24-1012, the PSC will hold a kickoff meeting (agenda) where the PSC will hear comments from stakeholders on an ongoing investigation into the interconnection of Community Energy Facilities (CEF) in the DPL service territory, last discussed in PJM Special Flash 24-40.1. The meeting will …
Read the Full ArticleOn September 13, 2024, in Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) Docket 24-0680, CR-2300, LLC, a subsidiary of 22c Development, LLC (22c) filed a formal Complaint against the Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), alleging that ComEd increased interconnection costs for the CR-2300 community solar project from $929,000 to $5.4 million without justification. In the complaint, 22c seeks a declaratory judgement from …
Read the Full ArticleAs discussed in PJM Flash 24-39, on September 24, 2024, Illinois Solar For All announced the launch of year two of the Bright Neighborhoods program, which offers consolidated enrollment for the Illinois Solar For All (ILSFA) program. According to the announcement, income-eligible owners of single-family homes or 2-to-4-unit multifamily buildings in the following communities are eligible: On October 7, …
Read the Full ArticleOn October 1 and November 13, 2024, the Department of Energy (DOE) will hold webinars regarding Round 3 of its American-Made Community Power Accelerator Prize. The $10 million prize is “designed to fast-track the efforts of new, emerging, and expanding solar developers and co-developers to learn, participate, and grow their operations to support successful distributed …
Read the Full ArticleThe Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has scheduled two status hearings to consider issues brought forth in Docket 23-0770 and Docket 24-0460 on September 9, at 2:00 pm, and October 9 at 10:00 am, respectively. The hearing notices for Docket 23-0770 and Docket 24-0460 can be found here and here. As last discussed in PJM Flash 24-30, on November 28, 2023, in Docket 23-0770, a group …
Read the Full ArticleThe Connecticut Energy and Technology Committee (E&T) has posted the agenda for a public hearing the Committee will hold on February 21, beginning at noon, in Room 1B of the Legislative Office Building. The Meeting will also take place over Zoom, and be streamed on the E&T Youtube Page. The E&T Committee will take testimony …
Read the Full ArticleOn April 26, 2021, the New York State Senate passed bill S3521A, relating to expanding customer access to community distributed generation (CDG). As discussed in Flash Update 21-13, if enacted, the bill would expand access to CDG by creating a system of tariffs and accounting practices to provide for the transfer of bill credits associated …
Read the Full ArticleOn February 26, 2021, the House Committee on Corporations announced that it will hold a public hearing on March 2 in the afternoon, which will be streamed here. The hearing will include consideration of the following key bills: HB 5327 – An Act Relating to Public Utilities and Carriers – Net Metering: The bill, if …
Read the Full ArticleOn February 4, 2021, the Joint Energy and Technology (E&T) Committee announced that it will hold a meeting on February 9 at 11:00 am. The meeting will be streamed both on YouTube Live and CT-N. The E&T Committee will discuss the following concepts that may be related to renewable energy to be drafted as Raised …
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