State Solar Program Spotlight
This web page will feature State Solar Programs that are using very innovative approaches to advance solar technologies. The most recent State Solar Program Spotlight is featured on the States Advancing Solar homepage. Please click on the title of the program below for more information. More State Solar Program Spotlights will be added soon.
California Solar Initiative: Single-family Affordable Housing Program
On January 12, 2006, the California Public Utilities Commission CPUC) committed to set aside 10% of the overall California Solar Initiative (CSI) funds for low-income customers and affordable housing projects. This decision, and as further clarified by Senate Bill 1 signed by the Governor on August 21, 2006, directs the CPUC to implement a solar incentive [...]
New Jersey BPU Clean Energy Office’s Solar REC Program
New Jersey’s Solar Transition to a Market-based Solar Financing Program
New Jersey’s clean energy goal is simply stated to be 20% by 2020. More specifically, the state hopes to achieve 20 percent reduction in GHG by 2020; 20 percent reduction in energy use by 2020, 20 percent use [...]
Massachusetts – Commonwealth Solar
The Governor of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) recently announced a new solar PV initiative—Commonwealth Solar.
Over the next four years, $136 million will be dedicated to the support of solar PV projects. The contributors of the funds include the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which will reserve $68 million from ratepayer funds, the MTC, which will set aside $10 million per year from the Renewable Energy Trust, and the final $28 million will come from the Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources’ Alternative Compliance Payment Fund established under the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) program.
California Solar Initiative (CSI)
The State of California has the largest state solar program in the U.S. and has established many program innovations. California has set an aggressive solar goal to create 3,000 megawatts of new, solar-produced electricity by 2017 – moving the state toward a cleaner energy future and helping lower the cost of solar systems for consumers. [...]