Legislative Committee Proposes Temporary Moratorium On Community Solar Projects

MAINE PUBLIC • March 16, 2021

Stakeholders in the state’s solar power sector are uniting behind a proposal to temporarily bar new “community solar” projects from getting in line for ratepayer-sponsored credits that are provided under the so-called “net energy billing” program. State Rep. Seth Berry, co-chair of the Legislature’s utilities committee, is proposing the temporary moratorium to last through June. That’s to give lawmakers and regulators time to absorb the lessons of a solar development boom that followed 2019 legislation that created an array of new incentives.