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Draft Residential Renewable Energy Solution Decision Issued
On October 1, 2026 Connecticut PURA issued a draft decision approving changes to the Residential Renewable Energy Solutions (RRES).
In this Decision, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (Authority or PURA) approves updates to the Residential Renewable Energy Solutions Program (RRES Program or Program), administered by The Connecticut Light and Power Company d/b/a Eversource Energy (Eversource) and The United Illuminating Company (UI; collectively, with Eversource, the electric distribution companies or EDCs). The approved changes are intended to better align the RRES Program with the program objectives. The Decision also sets the RRES Program Tariff rates for project applications received in calendar year 2027.
PURA will use this docket to set the RRES rates for 2026, any separate REC payments, and any fully nonbypassable charges for program applications received during the following calendar year, The docket is also used to evaluate the key data inputs, in addition to MW deployed, necessary to establish the annual RRES rate.
This docket is used to set the RRES rates for 2026, any separate REC payments, and any fully nonbypassable charges for program applications received during the following calendar year, The docket is also used to evaluate the key data inputs, in addition to MW deployed, necessary to establish the annual RRES rate.
Exceptions to the draft decision are due by October 15, 2026.
