ConEdison said that it will begin providing renewable energy to low-income customers in 2018 following PSC approval of a pilot plan to place solar panels on company roofs and grounds for a low-income shared solar program

ConEdison expects to begin installing the first panels on properties in Brooklyn, Queens and Westchester County. In this initial phase, ConEdison expects to install enough panels to generate 3 megawatts of power to serve 800 to 1,600 customers, under a pilot program the company proposed last year.

Developers will bid competitively for contracts to install arrays on company properties. The company also plans to begin forming partnerships with community organizations that can help get the word out to customers who may be able to benefit from the program, ConEd said

There would be no cost to low-income participants, each of whom could realize savings of at least $60 per year, ConEd said

The company said in its filing that it can build up to 11 megawatts of solar generation over five years and could serve 3,000 to 6,000 residential customers who are in the company’s low-income bill assistance program.

The program would make solar power available to customers who receive bills directly from Con Edison, and who are enrolled in the company’s low-income bill assistance program. They also would be encouraged to participate in an energy efficiency program

ConEdison will select participants through a lottery process.

"With today’s decisions, the Commission indicated that it is not reaching conclusions on the ability of the market to serve low-income customers," the PSC said in a press release. "To the contrary, the Commission anticipates that the rules and policies resulting from related REV policy proceedings will enable private development of solar assets to serve low-income customers, and that such that private development can be the primary method for engaging low-income customers in solar generation projects in the future. In addition, the Commission is committed to identifying ways to effectuate that outcome and looks forward to the work of the Low- and Moderate-Income Working Group that was recently formed as part of the Value of Distributed Energy Resources proceeding."

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