Summer 2023 Solar Industry Update
States: Q2 2023 Updates
Colorado created a million-dollar grant
program to help local governments start
using permitting and inspection software
such as SolarAPP+.
Washington
Map shows locations (58) using
SolarAPP+ as of July 14, 2023.
Symbol sizes scale to capacity of
PV approved using SolarAPP+
(23,600 permits, 142 MW total).
Total kW Approved
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10,000
20,000
34,001
After passing a 100% clean power law in Q1, Minnesota passed laws in Q2 including funding
PV on public buildings, grid upgrades, energy storage, utility PV incentives, electrification,
green banks, and PV recycling studies while expanding community solar, requiring utilities to
procure distributed PV, and protecting residential PV customers from HOA restrictions.
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Colorado
The California Independent
System Operator approved a
$7.3 billion plan to build
transmission connecting 17+
GW of solar capacity and 9+ GW
of wind and geothermal
capacity by 2030, aiming to
coordinate transmission and
generator locations and reduce
interconnection delays.
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Pennsylvania
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Carolina
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Alabama
Georgia
Texas
Louisiana
Chihuahua
Coahuila de
Zaragoza
Nuevo León
Baja California
Sinaloa Durance
Florida
Texas passed a law requiring renewable energy projects to pay higher
transmission fees and pay for "firming” requirements but avoiding strong
restrictions on renewable energy permitting from the original bill.
Sources: Canary Media (5/3/23, 5/11/23, 5/16/23, 5/22/23, 5/24/23), PV Magazine (5/2/23, 5/17/23, 5/25/23, 5/30/23),
PV Tech (5/24/23), Reuters (6/23/23), SolarAPP+ (accessed 7/20/23), Solar Power World (4/18/23, 5/23/23)
Virginia
Vermont enacted a clean
heat standard to reduce
fossil heating.
New York passed the first statewide
ban on natural gas in new buildings
and authorized publicly funded,
constructed, and owned renewable
energy projects.
Maryland expanded and made
permanent its community solar
program, becoming the 23rd state
to have a community solar
framework without access limits.
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