Dive Summary:

• The Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate recently passed "An Act Relative to Competitively Priced Electricity in the Commonwealth," a bill which will exempt large scale solar projects from local property taxes, limiting local government revenue.
• The law’s purpose is to promote solar energy in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, now ranked 2nd in solar energy development in the U.S.
• The Massachusetts Municipal Association, a nonprofit nonpartisan organization, has openly opposed key provisions of both the Senate, and the Houses versions of the bill.

From the article:

A piece of legislation recently passed through the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate that would severely limit the ability of local cities and towns to collect revenue from solar panel projects in their municipality. ...