Client: GreenRoots
Authors: Sagal Alisalad and Bryndís Woods, PhD
November 2025
On behalf of GreenRoots, Researcher Sagal Alisalad and Principal Analyst Bryndís Woods, PhD, prepared a report summarizing GreenRoots’ experience applying to interconnect three behind-the-meter (BTM) projects to the electric grid: 1) Chelsea City Hall (solar and storage), 2) Chelsea Police Department (solar and storage), and 3) Municipal Public Works Yard (rooftop solar). AEC examined the obstacles and complexities of the interconnection process for small- and medium-sized customers like GreenRoots. This analysis highlights how these barriers hinder a community’s ability to develop community-owned BTM resources.
AEC recommends that decision-makers, utilities, and communities collaborate to address barriers to interconnection in order to boost community resiliency, support the clean energy transition, help the Commonwealth reach its clean energy and emission reduction goals, and ensure energy systems in the Commonwealth benefit everyone.