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Massachusetts

Solar energy cap-raising deal reached on Beacon Hill

BOSTON – Five months of negotiations resulted in a deal Tuesday between leaders of the state House of Representatives and the Senate to raise the cap on the amount of solar energy that public and private electricity customers can feed into the power grid by 3 percent, while decreasing the value

Massachusetts

Baker to locals: Press ahead with solar projects

Written by Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE — Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday urged local officials to encourage the construction of new solar energy projects, despite the fact that the cap on the amount of solar power that can be sold back to the grid has already been hit for nearly half