Plug-in solar in Massachusetts

The House non-concurred with the Senate's amendment to H.5175 and appointed a committee of conference (Cusack-Michlewitz-Jones); the Senate insisted on its amendment and appointed its own conference committee (Barrett-Creem-Tarr) the same day.

The full Senate passed S.3143, a substitute redraft of H.5175, by a vote of 32–8 after adopting amendments by Senators Creem and Brady and rejecting most other proposed amendments.

The Senate Committee on Ways and Means reported H.5175 favorably with an amendment substituting new draft S.3143, which retains the plug-in solar provisions, and placed it on the Senate's Orders of the Day for July 1, 2026.

The Massachusetts Senate adopted an order on the subject matter of H.5175, consolidating it with ten related Senate energy bills ahead of committee action.

The Massachusetts Senate received H.5175 and referred it to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, where it remained pending as of June 2026.

The Massachusetts House passed H.5151 — which included portable-solar exemptions from interconnection and net metering requirements — by a vote of 128–27, publishing the bill as H.5175.

The House Committee on Ways and Means reported H.4744 favorably with an amendment substituting the new draft H.5151, which carried forward the portable-solar provisions.

H.4744, which included portable-solar language exempting plug-in solar devices from interconnection requirements and net metering, was reported favorably by the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy and referred to House Ways and Means.