Senator Dan Laughlin (R-49) has reintroduced laws that will increase entry to solar energy via native voluntary packages whereas making certain satisfactory protections for taxpayers.
Senate Bill 1227 would create the PA Local Solar program, which seeks to permit electrical utilities to ascertain subscriber packages the place clients can select to buy 100% native photo voltaic vitality, reasonably than the normal grid. combine.
The laws would permit residential and enterprise clients to take part in an off-site photo voltaic program however wouldn’t mandate participation or require state funding. The invoice is much like Senate Bill 919, which Laughlin launched within the 2021-22 legislative session.
“The variety of clients who need to purchase photo voltaic vitality is growing,” Laughlin stated. “However, those that dwell in house buildings or in a location that isn’t conducive to producing photo voltaic vitality are at present unable to take part in Pennsylvania’s rising photo voltaic financial system. Many nonetheless need to take part, however lack of the monetary sources required for rooftop photo voltaic installations.”
“Although I’m not a proponent of latest efforts to advertise the development of wind turbine farms on Lake Erie, I help different types of renewable vitality and consider that it must be a part of an all- prime vitality technique for our commonwealth,” Laughlin stated. “This invoice will permit those that actually consider in renewable vitality, however dwell in settings that aren’t conducive to producing it, to place their cash the place it can help their need for a clear grid.”
