March marked the one-year anniversary since Massachusetts hit the limits on solar power under the net metering program, and I’m deeply saddened to hear about the great number of projects being stalled because of this cap.
Being a northern New Jersey native, my childhood was filled with sights of the heavily polluting electric factories of Bergen and Hudson counties.
To say I was excited to move to Massachusetts, one of the nation’s largest leaders in clean energy, would be an understatement.
That being said, I’ve been deeply troubled to hear of people and businesses who are rejected the right to solar electricity for their homes and offices because the state has reached its solar potential under the net metering caps.
At a time where climate change is so prevalent and threatening to our earth, especially for states with coastal borders like Massachusetts, there is no viable reason why families and businesses who would like solar panels shouldn’t be able to install them.
It’s been a year too long. The time is now to lift the caps on solar power in Massachusetts.
Daniella Roitman
Boston