Two more Vermont utilities are nearing the cap on the net-metered power that they get from residential and commercial renewable energy sources.
Hyde Park Water and Light has says it only has room for perhaps one more small renewable solar installation. The utility serves 1,300 electric customers. No new net-metering projects will be accepted until 2017, when new net-metering rules are expected from the Public Service Board.
The cap for utilities to accept power from these projects is pegged at 15 percent of peak load.
Lyndonville Electric Department says it is also approaching the cap, and will only have room for six more residential solar installations before closing its net-metering program.
Other state electric utilities have also met the cap. Vermont Electric Cooperative has stopped accepting new net-metering projects.
The state’s largest utility, Green Mountain Power, has filed with the Vermont Public Service Board for a limited net-metering expansion through 2016.
