Laws and filings regarding the solar facilities constructed, owned, and operated by the electric companies.
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Overview
The electric companies may construct, own, and operate solar generation facilities. G.L. c. 164, §1A(f). Each electric company may own up to 35 megawatts (MW) of solar facilities, as long as the electric company received approval from the DPU for the solar facilities before December 31, 2016 and has constructed the solar facilities before December 31, 2019.
An electric company may recover the costs associated with constructing, owning, and operating its solar facility if the DPU pre-approves these costs. To pre-approve cost recovery, the DPU must determine that: the proposed solar facility is consistent with the Commonwealth’s energy policy and could be used to meet, in part, the renewable energy portfolio standard requirements of G.L. c. 25A, § 11F.
History
G.L. c. 164, § 1A(f) was added by the Green Communities Act of 2008. St. 2008, c. 169, § 58. The Legislature amended Section 1A(f) several times:
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Initially, each electric company could not have more than 25 MWs. That is now not more than 35 MWs.
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Originally, there was no date by which an electric company needed to seek DPU pre-approval for the proposed solar generation facilities. Now, an electric company must seek DPU pre-approval for solar generation facilities by December 31, 2016.
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Initially, there was no date by which an electric company needed to construct the solar generation facilities after receiving DPU pre-approval. Now, the electric companies must construct the pre-approved facilities by December 31, 2019.
The cases referenced under “approval to construct, own, and operate solar facility filings” discuss the various amendments to Section 1A(f).
Approval to construct, own, and operate solar facility filings
| Case number | Subject |
|---|---|
| D.P.U. 16-105 | Petition of NSTAR Electric and WMECo, each d/b/a Eversource Energy for approval of a request to own, construct and operate solar facilities |
| D.P.U. 16-104 | Petition of National Grid to construct, own, and operate solar generation facilities |
| D.P.U. 14-01 | Petition of National Grid in connection with the second phase of the company's solar program consisting of up to 20 megawatts of solar generation facilities owned and operated by National Grid |
| D.P.U. 13-50 | Petition of WMECo for approval of the company's solar program |
| D.P.U. 09-38 | Petition of National Grid for approval to construct, own, and operate approximately five megawatts of solar generation |
| D.P.U. 09-05 | Petition of WMECo for approval of the company's proposed program to construct, own and operate generation facilities that produce solar energy |
National Grid approval of recovery of costs filings
| Case number | Subject |
|---|---|
| D.P.U. 17-42 | Petition of National Grid for approval of recovery of costs associated with its Solar Phase II generation facilities in Abington, Attleboro, Ayer, Dighton, and Grafton |
| D.P.U. 17-28 | Petition of National Grid for approval of its annual reconciliation filing for recovery of costs through its solar cost adjustment provision tariff, M.D.P.U. No. 1327 |
| D.P.U. 16-153 | Petition of National Grid for approval of recovery of costs associated with its Solar Phase II generation facilities in Attleboro, Charlton, Millbury, and Shirley |
| D.P.U. 16-33 | Petition of National Grid, for approval of recovery of costs associated with its Solar Phase II generation facilities in Attleboro, Charlton, Millbury, and Shirley. |
| D.P.U. 16-15 | Petition of National Grid for approval of its annual reconciliation filing for recovery of costs |
| D.P.U. 15-134 | Petition of National Grid for confirmation that a solar facility with integrated battery storage is the type of investment contemplated by the DPU's pre-approval of cost recovery set forth in D.P.U. 14-01 |
| D.P.U. 15-06 | Petition of National Grid for approval of its annual reconciliation filing for the recovery of costs associated with the company's ownership and operation of approximately five megawatts of solar generation |
| D.P.U. 14-49 | Petition of National Grid seeking to recover costs associated with its solar program in 2014 |
| D.P.U. 13-46 | Petition of National Grid for approval of the company's filing for the recovery of costs |
| D.P.U. 12-18 | Petition of National Grid for approval for cost recovery associated with the company's solar generation facility in Dorchester |
| D.P.U. 11-17 | Petition of National Grid seeking to recover capital and incremental operations and maintenance costs associated with the three roof-mounted solar generation facilities in Revere, Everett, and Haverhill |
| D.P.U. 10-112 | Petition of National Grid seeking to recover capital and incremental operations and maintenance costs associated with the roof-mounted solar generation facility at the company's New England distribution center. |
Eversource Energy approval of recovery of costs filings
| Case Number | Subject |
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| D.P.U. 22-64 | Petition of NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy for approval of a proposed solar facility |
| D.P.U. 15-151 | Petition of WMECo d/b/a Eversource Energy seeking to recover costs associated with its solar program |
| D.P.U. 14-123 | Petition of WMECo for approval of the company's compliance filing for its solar program |
| D.P.U. 13-174 | Petition of WMECo for approval of the company's solar program |
| D.P.U. 12-91 | Petition of WMECo for approval of updated cost estimates and project costs for its solar program |
| D.P.U. 11-103 | Petition of WMECo for approval of updated cost estimates and project costs for its solar program |
| D.P.U. 10-153 | Petition of WMECo for approval of updated cost estimates and project costs for its solar program |