Changes to net metering and other aspects of distributed solar policy in the United States are often hard-fought battles. However, few policies have seen as tortured a route to passage as a bill which may be re-considered by the Maine legislature after a veto by Governor Paul LePage (R). LD 1649 would re-write Maine's distributed solar policies. Under the bill PV projects under 250 kW would move a self-consumption model, allowing unlimited customer use of electricity with a rate for excess electricity to the grid to be set by state regulators. For PV projects above 250 kW, it would set a series of auctions under which 129 MW would be procured by 2021. The bill was the result of extensive compromises both inside and outside the state government, and is backed by Natural Resources ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...