Despite challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and other market fluctuations, RPS-certified solar facilities underwent a significant expansion last year, according to the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) Report for Compliance Year 2021, issued by the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia.
The commission certified 10,013 solar energy systems in the District of Columbia as of the end of 2021, representing 154.7 megawatts of capacity. It also approved a total of 2,337 new solar energy systems for the RPS program within the compliance year.
Growth in solar energy facilities certified for the RPS program continued in the first quarter of 2022, with 720 new systems added.
“We are proud of progress that has occurred over the past year,” said Emile Thompson, interim chairman of the commission. “The Commission remains committed to working with District leadership, as well as the community, to meet our renewable energy goals