CT HB07087

Public Utilities Regulatory Authority must establish a community solar energy generating systems pilot program by December 1, 2025, with regulations due by February 1, 2026, capped at 600 megawatts total nameplate capacity

Community solar systems allow multiple subscribers to share credits from a single solar installation through virtual net energy metering, with no individual subscriber exceeding 60% of the system's subscriptions and credits limited to 200% of a subscriber's baseline annual usage

Connecticut Green Bank will administer a "community solar energy credit sale program" allowing subscriber organizations to transfer unsubscribed or overproduced energy credits to the bank for resale

Electric distribution companies must offer consolidated billing, use community solar energy to offset wholesale purchases for standard service, and include information on customer bills about how to subscribe to community solar systems

A working group led by PURA will study the pilot program's costs and benefits, including impacts on ratepayers and low-to-moderate income participation, and submit a report with recommendations by January 1, 2028