Sunrun issued a statement from Evan Dube, policy director at Sunrun, after the New York Public Service Commission voted to approve the first phase of the Value of Distributed Energy Resources order:
“We applaud Governor Cuomo’s continued leadership and the commission for guiding a transparent Value of Distributed Energy Resources (VDER) process that is committed to customer participation and rooftop solar growth.”
“While there is still work to do, New Yorkers will continue to benefit from stable net metering policies under another New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) milestone. Under the Phase 1 order today, clean solar power credited through retail net metering will continue to deliver forward-thinking consumer savings, reduce harmful emissions and support local jobs.”
“Sunrun is committed to continued collaboration with stakeholders in VDER Phase 2 proceedings. We need look no further than recent avoided utility costs to be excited about realizing more long-term benefits of distributed resources.”
“In New York, ConEdison recently avoided $1.2 billion in costs by using localized resources, not owned by the utility, to serve 41 megawatts of load growth instead of building a new substation.”
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Brian Glueck says
New York Homeowners considering Going Solar need to know that they will continue to benefit from their investment and not have their Net Metering be taken away from them at some future point in time. They need to know Net Metering benefits will be Grand Fathered into any future rate and next Metering decisions, at the reimbursement level they made their initial decision to go solar on or at higher reimbursement levels, not lower. The Utility must never be allowed to penalize the solar producer after the fact when the decision to go solar was based upon the environmental AND financial benefits of making the initial investment. It would be unfair if in the example above where ConEdison avoided $1.2 billion in costs by using localized resources ( Solar pioneers investing private dollars ) and a year later announced a reduction or cut in Net Metering rates.