SEA-Scape Digest 8.8.26
Here’s your SEA-Scape Digest—a quick look at what’s coming next, plus a few recent posts worth another look.
In Case You Missed It….
Pennsylvania’s net metering rates can be deceptively complicated and recent changes to PPL’s compensation structure add another layer. In the first of a four-part series, Tom Michelman and Sahil Bakht talk about how PPL’s Price-to-Compare is constructed, what distinguishes the GSC-1 and GSC-2 rider rates, and what those differences could mean for larger net metering projects. Their analysis digs beneath the headline rates to reveal the role of transmission costs, reconciliation charges, load factors, and other underlying drivers and why understanding those components matters when assessing the future value of Pennsylvania distributed solar projects.
Read the full article HERE.
In this SEA-Scape Insights post, Yasin Naman, James Spalding, and Jonas Kaplan-Bucciarelli step back from the steady stream of clean energy headlines to identify broader trends emerging across New England, New York, and PJM. From affordability reshaping clean energy policy, to the challenges of turning storage targets into financeable projects, to growing questions around regulatory certainty for distributed generation, the article explores what individual market developments may be telling us about where the clean energy transition is heading next.
Read the full article HERE.
Then, in the latest post in the Achieving Climate + Affordability series, Jim Kennerly, Toby Armstrong, Jonas Kaplan-Bucciarelli examine Rhode Island’s recent Virtual Net Metering reforms and an approach designed to reduce legacy program costs without undermining investor confidence or future clean energy deployment. The reforms illustrate how policymakers can move beyond the traditional choice between grandfathering existing projects and making disruptive retroactive changes, potentially saving ratepayers billions while providing participating projects greater long-term revenue certainty.
Read the full article HERE.