WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2017 - Some 47 states and the District of Columbia took some type of solar policy action during 2016, according to the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center’s (NCCETC) annual review and the fourth-quarter update edition of “The 50 States of Solar.”
“Overall, we saw an increase in solar policy action from 2015 to 2016,” says Autumn Proudlove, lead author of the report and senior policy analyst at NCCETC.
Notably, Proudlove says states considered more specific changes to net metering policies in 2016 and undertook fewer studies related to net metering.
Many of these states have already conducted studies by now and are ready to take action, Proudlove says.
A total of 212 state and utility-level distributed solar policy and rate changes were proposed, pending, or enacted in 2016, the report finds. This represents an increase in solar policy activity over 2015 when 46 states plus D.C. took approximately 175 actions.
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Key Solar Policy Actions in 2016, according to the report:
“2016 was a very busy year for policymakers and those of us tasked with staying on top of their activity,” notes Brian Lips, Energy Policy Project coordinator at NCCETC. “With several state solar markets hanging in the balance, 2017 is looking like it will be another exciting year.”
To view the report’s executive summary, click here.
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