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A N U P D A T E O N T H E E F F O R T T O P A S S C O M M U N I T Y S O L A R L E G I S L A T I O N I N P E N N S Y L V A N I A
S T E V E S T R O M A N P R O J E C T C O N S U L T A N T L A N C A S T E R , P A
A N U P D A T E O N T H E E F F O R T T O P A S S C O M M U N - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A N U P D A T E O N T H E E F F O R T T O P A S S C O M M U N I T Y S O L A R L E G I S L A T I O N I N P E N N S Y L V A N I A S T E V E S T R O M A N P R O J E C T C O N S U L T A N T L A N C A S T E R , P A O R G A N I Z A T I O
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O R G A N I Z A T I O N S W O R K I N G O N C O M M U N I T Y S O L A R L E G I S L A T I O N
- Solar organizations
- Solar businesses
- Environmental and clean energy groups
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M Y B A C K G R O U N D
- Nearly 10 years as Policy Director for PennFuture
- Self-employed as environmental and conservation policy
consultant
- Clients during the work week:
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C O A L I T I O N W O R K I N 2 0 1 8
- Building out the coalition
- Stakeholder conversations
- Legislative discussions
- Developing initial legislative language as House Bill 2681 last
session
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P R I M E S P O N S O R A N D L E A D C O - S P O N S O R S O F H O U S E B I L L 5 3 1
- Rep. Aaron Kaufer
(R-Luzerne)
- Rep. Donna Bullock
(D-Philadelphia)
- Rep. Peter Schweyer
(D-Lehigh)
- Rep. David Millard
(R-Columbia)
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H O U S E B I L L 5 3 1
- Introduced on February 25
- Currently has 53 co-sponsors, 17 Republicans and 36 Democrats
- Referred to House Consumer Affairs Committee
- Ongoing discussions with committee members, committee staff,
caucus leadership, rank and file members, other stakeholders
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F O R T H C O M I N G S E N A T E C O M P A N I O N L E G I S L A T I O N
Senator Mario Scavello (R-Monroe)
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T H E S E B I L L S :
- Amend the AEPS statute (Act 213 of 2004) to create a
community solar program in Pennsylvania
- Carve out an exception for community solar in the AEPS net
metering provisions
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T H E S E B I L L S :
- Provide for duties of EDCs, PUC, community solar
- rganizations, and subscriber administrators of community
solar programs
- Legislative intent is for PUC to encourage broad
participation of low and moderate income groups, and renters
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T H E S E B I L L S :
- Include the transferability and portability of customer
subscriptions within the same EDC territory
- Require the community solar organization to compensate the EDC
for reasonable costs of interconnection
- Allow the EDC to recover reasonable costs from community solar
subscribers to administer the community solar program
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T H E S E B I L L S :
- Prohibit affiliated entities from developing community solar
facilities on contiguous parcels
- Encourage good land stewardship and the use of native
pollinators
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B U T F I R S T , C H E C K Y O U R B R A C K E T S F O R J U N E M A D N E S S I N P E N N S Y L V A N I A !
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