Municipal and large commercial solar projects in Massachusetts are being stymied by caps on net metering, which gives a credit for any unused energy they provide to the electrical grid, and incentive to install new panel arrays, advocates said yesterday.
The caps for both large private and public solar projects in National Grid territory were hit within the past two weeks, putting the state's solar industry and its 12,000 jobs at risk, said Ben Hellerstein, of Environment Massachusetts.
"We have seen the number of kilowatts of solar energy in Massachusetts increase 127 percent annually for the last three years," Hellerstein said. "Unless the Legislature and the governor raise the caps, we could see that rapid growth slow down or come to a halt."
Small solar installations, such as those on homes, are exempt from the limits.
Solar energy advocates are lobbying for the passage of a House bill that would raise the caps to 1,600 megawatts and set a goal of getting at least 20 percent of the state's electricity from solar power by 2025. Raising the caps now also would allow the state to take advantage of a 30 percent federal investment tax credit, which expires at the end of 2016, said Emily Rochon, a fellow at Boston Community Capital.
A task force set up by the Legislature is reviewing alternatives, including requiring at least 1,600 megawatts of solar energy by 2020.
"The administration is committed to working with the task force and energy community to achieve continued solar growth ... and establish a framework for a sustainable program with reasonable ratepayer costs going into the future," said Katie Gronendyke, a spokeswoman for the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
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