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Report: States Remain Strong on Consumer Clean Energy Policies
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Nov 13, 2014, 11:30 ET

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With strong state renewable energy policy leading the way, entrepreneurs, businesses and customers are successfully transforming our nation’s energy landscape for the better," said Vote Solar Executive Director Adam Browning.

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San Francisco, California (PRWEB) November 13, 2014 -- Vote Solar and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) today released the 2014 edition of Freeing the Grid, a policy guide that grades all 50 states on two key clean energy programs: net metering and interconnection procedures. Together these policies empower energy customers to use rooftop solar and other small-scale renewables to meet their own electricity needs. Now in its eighth year of publication, the report shows that over the past year, states nationwide have generally upheld and in some cases strengthened these pillars of consumer clean energy investment.

Find Freeing the Grid 2014 online at: http://www.freeingthegrid.org

"Large majorities of Americans want to see a fast transition to renewable energy. These are the policies that allow energy consumers to act on that desire,” said Vote Solar Executive Director Adam Browning. "With a strong state renewable energy policy leading the way, entrepreneurs, businesses and customers are successfully transforming our nation’s energy landscape for the better. It’s heartening to see regulators nationwide – in red states and blue – stand strong for energy choice and solar progress by upholding these important policies."

“Affordable clean energy is driving change and innovation in our nation’s electric sector, the likes of which have not been seen in more than a century. Freeing the Grid is intended to be the steady guide for state regulators and others who are working to navigate the changing utility landscape and unleash the benefits of local clean energy,” said IREC President and CEO Jane Weissman.

2014 report highlights include:
• Net Metering Grades: This policy ensures that renewable energy customers receive full credit on their utility bills for valuable clean power they put back on the grid. There were no declines in state grades over the past year, a significant outcome considering that net metering policies were under review in many states. Two states that already held high “A’ grades, Vermont and Massachusetts, raised their program caps to further expand consumer access to net metering’s bill-saving benefits. In total, more than two-thirds of U.S. states now qualify for good ‘A’ or ‘B’ grades in this important clean energy policy.
• Interconnection Procedure Grades: These are the rules and processes that an energy customer must follow to be able to ‘plug’ their renewable energy system into the electricity grid. This process should be straightforward, transparent and fair. Ohio notably improved its procedures, improving its grade to an ‘A.’ Half of U.S. states receive good ‘A’ or ‘B’ grades, and the remaining are in need of improvement.
• Head of the Class: A record number of five states achieved excellence in both net metering and interconnection policies this year: California, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon and Utah.
• Issue Highlights: This year’s report also explores a number of pressing issues in the current regulatory landscape: residential fixed charges and rate design; the American tradition of self-generation; and the rise of shared renewables models as a way to further expand solar access within the community.

“Sound net metering and interconnection procedures are some of the primary state policies driving growth in the American clean energy story today. I hope to see Freeing the Grid used to spark productive policy discussion and sound regulatory decision-making that keeps the United States moving forward on clean energy,” said Carl Linvill, principal at the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), a global, non-profit team of experts that focuses on the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of the power and natural gas sectors.

Freeing the Grid is designed to help state policymakers, regulators, advocates and other stakeholders easily understand and improve the pillars of our new energy economy. The online resource includes best practices guidelines and an interactive map with state grades and recommendations. Freeing the Grid’s grading methodology was also adopted for use in the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative, which aims to reduce the cost of going solar by 75 percent before the end of the decade.

Resources:
• Interactive Freeing the Grid state-by-state map: http://www.freeingthegrid.org/
• Educational video about net metering and interconnection: https://vimeo.com/42572007

About Vote Solar: Vote Solar is a grassroots non-profit organization working to combat climate change and foster economic development by bringing solar energy into the mainstream nationwide. http://www.votesolar.org

About IREC: IREC believes clean energy is critical to achieving a sustainable and economically strong future. Its programs and policies have benefitted energy consumers, policymakers, utilities and the clean energy industry since 1982. IREC works to expand consumer access to clean energy; generates information and objective analysis grounded in best practices and standards; and leads programs to build a quality clean energy workforce, http://www.irecusa.org

Rosalind Jackson, Vote Solar, http://www.votesolar.org, +1 415-817-5061, [email protected]

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