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In the United States, the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Centre use the Database of State Incentives for Renewable Efficiency (DSIRE) to asses solar trends in the country.
The DSIRE keep businesses and consumers updated on distributed energy structures and incentives related to the industry.
Fast changes in policy across the 50 States have been a key factor in changes in distributed solar and energy storage markets across the US.
Changes in metering structures by individual states and utilities have led to changes in rate structures for residential and non-residential customers.
In total, 273 state and utility level distributed solar policies and rate changes were proposed, pending, or delivered in 2023.
Regulators across the US have announced legislation to increase size limits on aggregators for Solar.
West Virginia, Michigan, and North Carolina all made changes to increase distributed solar sites in 2023.
Other changes included creating incentives for low-to-moderate income households. The United States Protection Agency announced a $7bn ‘Solar for All’ program to encourage ‘income-qualified customers’ to adopt solar.
In addition to this, an expansion of community solar was also established.
This facilitates renewable generation in exchange for utility bill credit.
Maryland, Minnesota, and New Jersey have approved of these plans to offer ‘low-to-moderate’ income customer participation in renewable energy.
Accompanying solar with battery storage technology have continued to make an impact in the US.
States and utilities across the country have increased the number of programmes that accompany the technologies to increase energy security.
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