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MA POLICY RESEARCH

RELEVANT REGULATIONS

KEY LEGISLATION

SHAPING THE SOLAR LANDSCAPE

SOLAR INCENTIVE PROGRAM

SMART

SMART provides additional incentives to solar developers for projects 5MW AC or less based on project size, location, and off-taker mix, using a Block Compensation Rate.

Calculate the block compensation rate by subtracting the cost of electricity from your block rate

 

  • Income-qualifying 
    ≤25kW → 230%
  • ≤25kW → 200%
  • 25-250kW → 150%
  • 250-500kW → 125%
  • 500-1000kW → 110%
  • 1-5MW → 100%
  • Location-based
    • Agricultural, Brownfield, Building Mounted, Canopy, Floating, Landfill
  • Off-taker based
    • Community Shared, Income-qualifying Community Shared, Income-qualifying Property, Public Entity
  • Additional Adders
    • Energy Storage, Solar Tracking, Pollinator

Check the Mass.gov website for updated adder amounts.

  • Individual: enrolled in utility’s income-qualifying rate or if they live in a neighborhood with household income ≤65% of MA AMI
  • Income-qualifying community shared solar project: at least 50% of energy output needs to be allocated to income-qualifying customers for the adder.
  • Income-qualifying solar projects must demonstrate guaranteed savings for income-qualifying customers that participate
  • All community shared solar recipients must sign a customer disclosure form
  • No consolidated billing
  • No income-qualifying carve outs or equity metrics

MASSACHUSETTS

CLIMATE ROADMAP

OF 2021

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