SELCO ends solar rate exemption, adds EV credits

Other Committee · Meeting of October 27, 2026

SHREWSBURY — The SELCO Commission voted to end a decade-old solar rate exemption and add electric vehicles to net metering eligibility. Roughly 35 to 40 residential solar customers who have been exempt from a distribution standby charge since 2016 will begin paying it, about $30 a month, with February bills reflecting January usage. Staff member Patrick Collins, the Integrated Resources Manager, said the charge is based on $4.50 per kilowatt of installed capacity.

The revised policy also lets customers enroll electric vehicles and bi-directional chargers in the Connected Homes incentive program. The commission separately kept its generation and transmission adjustment at 1.4 cents per kilowatt hour through winter and approved, by roll call vote, authorizing the general manager to sign a purchase power agreement for an onshore wind project from Maine covering nearly 2 to 2.5 percent of overall demand.

In the full story:

• Bill Schedules, Warrants and Minutes
• GTA and NYPA Rate Review
• Net Metering Policy Revision
• General Manager's Highlights: Markets, Policy and Operations
• Executive Session and Wind Power Purchase Agreement
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,264 words

Source: the Other Committee meeting of October 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.