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Massachusetts bill would compel utilities to consider non-wires alternatives

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering bills that would advance the state’s interest in microgrids and require the consideration of non-wires alternatives before utilities make investments in grid upgrades.

The bill, H. 1725, would require utilities to provide “publicly accessible hosting capacity maps” detailing opportunities for distributed energy resources, identify locational-based incentives for DERs, and to competitively seek non-wires projects for necessary grid upgrades. The measure would also direct utilities to offer time-of-use rate options by 2018 and put limits on fixed charge increases.

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