Step 1. Determine eligiblity

An eligible applicant is defined as any commercial, industrial, institutional, or public entity located in Massachusetts within the service territory of an investor-owned electric distribution company or a Municipal Light Plant Department that  has joined the Renewable Energy Trust. For information on areas served by investor-owned electric distribution companies, please check listing or the MLP map.

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Applications can be submitted for any type of facility, including manufacturing facilities, office buildings, multi-unit residential properties (6 units and above), retail operations, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, public buildings, and farms that file under Chapter 61A.

The nameplate capacity of the proposed renewable energy system must be greater than or equal to 100 kW, and the building or facility utilizing the power generated by this system must be grid-connected. Eligible project proposals must also be net metered or demonstrate that at least 50% of the renewable energy produced will be used behind the meter consumed or assigned behind the meter of record as allowed by the net metering provisions of the Green Communities Act and based on annual production and usage estimates.

The applicant must be the primary end-user for electricity produced by the proposed project and demonstrate site control over the project location. MRET, at its sole discretion, may make exceptions to this requirement for developers of major retrofit or new construction projects, and allow for grants to be made to the developer.

Third party ownership is allowed through Community-Scale Wind. However, the applicant must still be the primary end-user of electricity and meet all applicable requirements.