CT Gets Good Grades for Green Energy Interconnection & Net Metering

Published by the Network for New Energy Choices, the 2010 edition of Freeing the Grid examines state policies and procedures on renewable electricity sources such as solar, wind, photovoltaics, hydroelectric, and fuel cells. The study gives Connecticut a “B” for its interconnection procedures, which allow renewable energy generators to connect to the electric distribution grid, and an “A” for its net metering policies, which allow customer-sited generators to get credits for any excess electricity they feed back into the grid. While the state’s net metering policies have received good grades in the past (“B” in 2007 & 2008, and “A” in 2009), the state had previously received straight “D’s” for its interconnection procedures.