The second round of Connecticut’s renewable energy credit program will begin in April.
Electric utilities Connecticut Light & Power and United Illuminating announced on Monday at a networking event from the Renewable Energy & Efficiency Business Association in Rocky Hill that the next round of solicitations for zero-emissions and low-emissions renewable energy credits will start in April.
The ZREC/LREC program provides $1 billion in contracts over 21 years to help renewable energy projects be cost-competitive with grid power. Although the solicitation is open to all zero- and low-emissions technologies, in the first round all the ZRECs went to solar projects and all the LRECs went to fuel cells.
CL&P and UI plan to have a bidders’ conference to discuss exact dates and any changes/requirements for this round of solicitations. For information, visit www.cl-p.com and www.uinet.com/powerprocurement.
