Bill > S2119

This bill aims to promote solar energy development in Massachusetts in line with the state's 2050 climate goals. Key provisions include: 1. Removing a cap on the personal income tax credit for residential solar installations. 2. Requiring the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) to establish a new solar incentive program with a goal of 10,000 MW of solar by 2030, including targeted incentives for solar on buildings, environmental justice communities, pollinator-friendly solar, municipal/government solar, and agrivoltaic (solar on farmland) projects. 3. Prohibiting DOER from categorically banning solar on protected land without public hearings and findings that it won't hinder the 2030 solar goal or the state's greenhouse gas reduction targets. 4. Directing DOER to establish a solar loan program, potentially using alternative compliance payments from the renewable energy portfolio standard. 5. Requiring DOER to propose a program to enable municipal light plants to help meet the state's greenhouse gas and energy goals.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2119