Community Distributed Generation (CDG), (also known as Community Solar), is when renewable energy (solar panels, wind turbines, hydroelectric systems) is installed at one location and customers (subscribers) can purchase renewable electricity from such a project to be applied as a credit to their electric bill.

The parties involved in a CDG are the “CDG Host”, who owns or operates the renewable energy facility, and the “CDG Subscribers”, who are electric utility customers that agree to accept renewable generation credits from their host on their electric bill, and the utility, facilitating the delivery and credit allocation.

An account that has a DG system installed (i.e. net-metered) cannot enroll as a CDG Subscriber.

Central Hudson does not develop or own CDG projects directly. We only allow CDG projects that are developed by companies approved by the New York Department of Public Service to interconnect to the grid. A list of these developers can be found at http://documents.dps.ny.gov/PTC/der.

Some of these developers use third party companies for their marketing and billing so if you are approached by one of these companies about participating in a CDG project you may need to ask for the name of the developer to verify information. To participate in a CDG project you must sign up directly with the CDG developer or its marketing affiliate, Central Hudson cannot enroll or disenroll you in a CDG project.

How Does Community Solar Work? Visit How it Works - NYSERDA to learn more.

Visit our Community Solar web page to learn more and subscribe.

Developers can reference our Commercial 5 MW-AC and less for more information regarding the Interconnection Application process and eligibility.