News Stories
Sponsored by Earth Etch. Regulatory insight and compliance solutions for today’s energy markets.
NC Clean Energy Tech Center Releases 50 States of Solar Q1 2024 Report
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q1 2024 Edition of The 50 States of Solar. The quarterly series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on distributed solar policy, with a focus on net metering, distributed solar valuation, community solar, residential fixed charges, residential demand and solar charges, third-party ownership, and utility-led rooftop solar programs.
The report finds that 43 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, took some type of distributed solar policy action during Q1 2024 (see figure below), with the greatest number of actions continuing to address net metering policies (56), and residential fixed charge or minimum bill increases (42), and community solar policies (37). A total of 163 distributed solar policy actions were taken during Q1 2024, with the most actions taken in California, Arizona, Maine, Washington, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Virginia.
