CCSA commends Governor Hochul, the Senate, and the Assembly for embracing distributed solar in this year’s budget. At a pivotal time for the nation’s largest community solar market, a $200 million investment in the state’s most successful energy program will maintain momentum and deliver additional savings for New Yorkers. Just as importantly, the policy measures in the budget provide a meaningful opportunity to address the largest driver of solar costs through interconnection reform, which will be critical to ensuring projects can be built more efficiently and even more affordably moving forward.
While the final budget defines key needs for interconnection reform, the work will continue to implement effective solutions and drive private investment in New York’s grid. We would like to thank Assemblymember Didi Barrett, Senator Pete Harckham, as well as Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, for their commitment to advancing legislation that facilitates further deployment of distributed energy resources. Their leadership now helps provide momentum we can carry forward as we deliver increased affordability and reliability for New Yorkers.