Solar advocates tell lawmakers inaction clouds future of sector

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http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2016/02/26/solar-advocates-press-for-state-action-incentives/tBkL8VaqKN2MDSY1XLhvBJ/story.html

Solar advocates tell lawmakers inaction clouds future of sector
By John Laidler Globe Correspondent
February 26, 2016

ACTON — A group of local solar power developers and advocates urged the state Monday to promptly extend programs that have nurtured solar power in Massachusetts, warning that continued uncertainty over the rules could stall the industry’s momentum.

At a forum in Acton, solar supporters sounded a note of urgency about the need for the state to expand net metering credits and solar renewable energy certificates, both of which are at or facing state caps.

“As an employer, nothing scares me more — I have 35 people that I may have to put out on the street,” said Mark Durrenberger, president of Hudson-based New England Clean Energy and one of about 50 people who turned out for the forum at the Acton Public Safety Center.

Democratic state Representatives Cory Atkins of Concord and Jennifer Benson of Lunenburg jointly organized the event to hear from residents about how the state should advance the future of solar energy.


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Perhaps if downtown Boston were flooded with 3 feet of water from a winter / summer storm, the gov. may change his mind about solar.