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For our Massachusetts Customers regarding MA SREC systems: If your system electronically reports production to MassCEC, you MUST determine if communication is by cellular or internet. If cellular, you MUST take action in order to continue earning SRECs.  Please read this... Read More →

The legislature passed and the Governor signed legislation yesterday that effectively removes the solar carve out from the states renewable energy goals.  Additionally, it reduces future renewable requirements.  The impact of this law will be to significantly reduce the... Read More →

From the MA DOER: Notice is hereby given that the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), acting under statutory authority of Section 11 Chapter 75 of the Acts of 2016 and Section 6 Chapter 25A of the General Laws, and in conformance with Chapter 30A of the General... Read More →

On Friday April 8, 2016, the MA Department of Energy Resources (DOER) announced  the long awaited emergency regulation regarding the SREC 2 program. The following key provisions are part of the emergency regulation: 1) Extends eligibility to all projects >25 kW constructed... Read More →

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has announced that the SREC-II program has reached its capacity limit for systems exceeding 25 kW. The DOER will post project status as well as its waiting list on their website. In the meantime, we’ll continue to... Read More →

Announcement from DOER regarding the SREC II program, as well as the future of solar incentives in Massachusetts: 1.  Final Assurance of Qualification Guideline and Small Generator Set-Aside On January 5, 2016, DOER announced the establishment of the Small Generation Unit... Read More →

What started as legislative bills to address the net metering cap has turned into proposed legislation which does address the net metering cap but also eliminates the current MA solar incentive program.  The timing of this compromised proposed legislation is occurring at a rapid... Read More →

The third and final round of the MA Solar Credit Clearinghouse Auction was held on Friday August 2, 2013. There were 38,866 SRECs deposited into the auction and only 3 SRECs were sold. The good news is that due to recent regulatory revisions to the RPS Solar Carve-Out compliance... Read More →

The end to the first MA SREC program is rapidly approaching.  Do you have MA projects that are on DOER’s approved Pending SQA list or projects that are 100kws or less?  Knollwood Energy provides the maximum flexibility for managing SRECs.  We provide fixed, variable, and... Read More →

MA DOER held a Solar Policy Stakeholder Meeting on June 7, 2013.  At that meeting, DOER announced emergency regulations to address the oversupply of SREC applications. DOER also reviewed the proposed post-400 MW solar program policy design. The following outlines the emergency... Read More →