Past Grades
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 |
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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+ |