Bill > HB1607

This bill modifies existing regulations concerning the placement of community solar energy generating systems, which are solar power facilities connected to the electric grid, serve multiple subscribers through virtual net energy metering, and have a generating capacity of up to 5 megawatts. Specifically, it removes restrictions that previously limited the combined installed capacity of community solar projects on adjacent parcels of land to 5 megawatts. The bill allows for a higher combined capacity of up to 10 megawatts on adjacent parcels under certain conditions, such as at least 75% of the capacity serving low-income or moderate-income subscribers (LMI subscribers), or if the systems are used for agrivoltaics (combining solar energy generation with agriculture). These changes aim to facilitate the development of community solar projects by easing location-based capacity limitations, with the exception of projects located on rooftops, in industrial zones, on brownfields, over parking lots or roadways, on multi-level parking structures, at airports, or on ecologically compromised land, which have different or no capacity limits on adjacent parcels.

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https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1607?ys=2026RS