Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 225 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES › Title 225 CMR 20.00 - Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Program › Section 20.05 - Tariff Based Incentive Program for Solar Photovoltaic Generation Units

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Size of Program
.
			 The SMART Program shall support 1,600 MW and an additional capacity of 1,600 MW
			 post Publication Date, for a total of 3,200 MW of new solar generating
			 capacity.
(2)
SMART
			 Program Effective Date(s)
. Solar Tariff Generation Units that
			 receive a Statement of Qualification under the SMART Program will be eligible
			 to begin receiving incentive payments upon the effective date of the SMART
			 Tariffs, as approved by the DPU. Revisions to the SMART Program pursuant to
			 225 CMR 20.07(5)
			  that require amendments to the SMART Tariffs
			 shall take effect upon review and approval of revised SMART Tariffs by the
			 DPU.
(3)
Block
			 Allocation
. The amount of capacity available in each Distribution
			 Company's service territory will be proportional to the total electric load
			 served to Massachusetts End-use Customers by the Distribution Company in
			 calendar year 2016. The Department may update the amount of capacity available
			 in proportion to total electric load served to End-use Customers by each
			 Distribution Company based on updated electric load served data, as available.
			 Each Distribution Company shall divide the capacity available in its service
			 territory into 16 equally sized Capacity Blocks, provided, however, that if a
			 Distribution Company served less than 5% of the total electric load
			 collectively served to all Massachusetts End-use Customers by the Distribution
			 Companies in calendar year 2016, it may elect to have less than 16 equally
			 sized Capacity Blocks.
(a)
Set-aside for Solar Tariff Generation Units Less than or Equal to
			 25 kW
. Each Capacity Block shall have a minimum of 20% and maximum
			 of 35% of its total available capacity reserved for Solar Tariff Generation
			 Units with nameplate capacities less than or equal to 25 kW.
(b)
Special Provisions for Block
			 1
. Other than Solar Tariff Generation Units selected under the
			 one-time competitive procurement described in
			 225 CMR
			 20.07(3), no Solar Tariff
			 Generation Unit shall be eligible to qualify in a Distribution Company's first
			 Capacity Block unless it has a capacity equal to or less than 1,000 kW or is
			 eligible to receive a Compensation Rate Adder.
(c)
Set-aside for Solar Tariff
			 Generation Units Greater than 25 kW and Less than or Equal to 500
			 kW
. Each Capacity Block, starting with the first full capacity
			 block after the Publication Date, shall have a minimum of 20% of its total
			 available capacity reserved for Solar Tariff Generation Units with nameplate
			 capacities greater than 25 kW and less than or equal to 500 kW.
(d)
Set-aside for Low Income
			 Community Shared and Low Income Property Solar Tariff Generation
			 Units
. Each Capacity Block, starting with the first full capacity
			 block after the Publication Date, shall have a minimum of 5% of its total
			 available capacity reserved for Low Income Community Shared and Low Income
			 Property Solar Tariff Generation Units.
(e)
Special Provision for
			 Eversource Energy Capacity Blocks
. Beginning with the ninth
			 Capacity Block, the service territories formerly designated as NSTAR Electric
			 Company and Western Massachusetts Electric Company, shall be combined into a
			 single service territory with a total available capacity equal to that amount
			 previously available for the two separate Distribution Companies. The total
			 combined capacity available in this single service territory shall be divided
			 into eight equally sized Capacity Blocks. The Base Compensation Rates
			 established for the service territories formerly designated as NSTAR Electric
			 Company and Western Massachusetts Electric Company shall remain separate and
			 will continue to apply.