ISO-NE estimates solar power capacity will jump 134% over the next decade

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ISO New England Tuesday discussed its 2019 solar power capacityforecast with stakeholders, which showed a regional cumulativeinstalled capacity increase to 6,744 MW in 2028 from 2,884 MW at theend of 2018, a 134% jump.The grid operator’s Final 2019 PV Forecast that was presented tothe Distributed Generation Forecast Working Group and posted on ISONE’swebsite, estimates the region will add 463.1 MW of totalnameplate installed solar power capacity in 2019.Massachusetts is expected to provide 63%, or 292 MW, of the 2019increase, with Connecticut providing the second-largest incrementalincrease of 68.4 MW.