Comments/Commentary

Clean Energy Group Comments regarding Proposed Changes to the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Program – “400 MW Review Public Comments”

Clean Energy Group submitted these comments to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) regarding proposed changes to the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Program.

A Plan to Use Federal Recovery Funds for Resilient Power in Puerto Rico

Clean Energy Group proposed that the Puerto Rico government consider a way to use federal recovery funds to seed a solar and storage incentive for new resilient power installations.

Comments of Clean Energy Group on MA DPU 17-146, Eligibility of Energy Storage Systems to Net Meter

Clean Energy Group submitted comments to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities regarding the treatment of behind-the-meter energy storage and NEM systems that are engaged, or wish to engage in net energy metering (NEM).

Comments of Clean Energy Group on MA DOER Energy Storage Target Docket

Clean Energy Group submitted comments to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources as part of the pending rulemaking docket regarding whether to set a utility energy storage mandate or target, and at what size.

Comments to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Regarding Policies to Encourage the Cost-Effective Deployment of Energy Storage Systems

Clean Energy Group, in collaboration with the Union of Concerned Scientists and Acadia Center, submitted comments to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources in round 2 of stakeholder comments in support of its decision to adopt targets for energy storage utility procurement,.

Comments to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Regarding Whether to Adopt Targets for a Utility Energy Storage Mandate

Clean Energy Group submitted these comments to the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources in support of its consideration to adopt targets for a binding energy storage utility procurement mandate.

Comments in Response to Internal Revenue Service Notice 2015-70 Request for Comments on Definitions of Section 48 Property

The IRS recently issued a notice, 2015-70, for comments on how the federal investment tax credit (ITC) should cover solar and storage systems. Clean Energy Group submitted comments that strongly support the eligibility of storage under the ITC.