Past Grades

IREC first developed the National Shared Renewables Scorecard in 2017. The 2017 Scorecard evaluated 14 state shared renewable energy programs active in 11 states and Washington, D.C. See the map of the 2017 Scorecard grades. The 2018 Scorecard evaluated 17 shared renewables programs active in 13 states and Washington, D.C. See the map of the 2018 Scorecard grades.

Note: the 2017 & 2018 Scorecard grades were evaluated based upon a slightly different set of criteria which may have altered the grades for certain state programs irregardless of whether or not the program rules were modified during the previous year.

Past Scorecard Grades

State	State Program	2017	2018
California	Enhanced Community Renewables	D-	D
California	Virtual Net Metering	C+	B-
Colorado	Solar*Rewards Community	B+	B+
Connecticut	Virtual Net Metering	C-	C-
Connecticut	Shared Clean Energy Facility Pilot Program	NA	D-
Delaware	Community Net Metering	B	C
District of Columbia	Community Renewable Energy Facilities	A	B+
Hawaii	Community-Based Renewable Energy	NA	C
Maine	Net Energy Billing	C+	C
Maryland	Community Solar Energy Generating Systems Pilot Program	A-	B-
Massachusetts	Neighborhood Net Metering	C+	C
Massachusetts	Community Shared Solar/Virtual Net Metering	B	B+
Minnesota	Solar*Rewards Community	B	A
New Hampshire	Group Net Metering	B	C+
New York	Community Distributed Generation	B+	A-
Rhode Island	Community Remote Net Metering	NA	C
Vermont	Group Net Metering	C+	C+