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Introduced Session

This bill permits dual-use or agrivoltaics facilities to participate in the community solar program. Presently, the Board of Public Utilities restricts qualified solar energy projects to those located on rooftops, carports or canopies, contaminated sites or landfills, bodies of water such as water treatment reservoirs or dredge ponds, and mining sites. The Dual-Use program was created to encourage development of solar energy projects that were compatible with agricultural or horticultural production on the same land. Currently, facilities governed by the Dual-Use program are only able to receive incentives provided by the Successor Solar Initiative (SuSI) program. The two incentives provided under the SuSI program are the Administratively Determined Incentive program or the Competitive Solicitation Incentive program. This bill will allow dual-use or agrivoltaics facilities to benefit from the community solar program's incentive. The community solar program permits customers of an electric public utility to participate in a solar energy project that is remotely located away from their properties but is within their utility service territory. Participants of this program earn a credit to their bill equal to the electricity generated, which is attributed to their participation in the solar energy project.

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Bill Spearman (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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