District of Columbia

A combination of aggressive solar goals, a restrictive infrastructure for development, and the District’s demographics has preserved the DC SREC market, where SREC prices remain high due to undersupply. The D.C. City Council passed a law in July 2011 preventing out-of-state systems registered after January 31, 2011 from participating in the DC SREC Market, further limiting supply.

Recently, efforts to promote greater access to solar, such as a 2013 community net metering law, initiatives to promote greater penetration of solar installations among low-income residents, and the 2015 RPS Expansion Act promise to increase solar installation build rates across the District.