If I have sounded like a broken record these past months, it is because these developments in American public health are as important as they are horrifying.
“I definitely share in the disappointment about the lack of net metering increases. I understand there are a lot of folks in the Berkshires and in my district who are vocal proponents of lifting and even eliminating the cap on metering credits."
-- State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli
The bill authorizes the Department of Energy Resources to create a new solar incentive program to promote the continued growth of the solar industry, with a particular focus on community shared, government and municipally owned, and low income solar projects.
There are already signs that Massachusetts’ solar industry has slowed in response to a limit on a key program known as net metering.
-- Environment Massachusetts Research and Policy Center and Student MASSPIRG