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Policy

fine penalty Minnesota PUC fined Xcel Energy $1 million for interconnection delays and two solar companies are to thank
Chris Crowell
January 28, 2021
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Policy corporate solar buyers
Corporations are buying into solar energy and are calling on the federal government to do more
January 27, 2021
News Concord 3
Concord Public Schools in Arkansas turns on 341-kW solar array with Entegrity
January 26, 2021
News Maine state house
Why ‘Maine won’t wait’ on climate action and what the rush means for solar developers
January 20, 2021
News Toddler height and any disconnect switch 60 amps or less have no guards
Lock that box: Hazard posed by switch disconnects in PV systems addressed in NEC 2020
January 19, 2021
+ Storage
Swell Energy virtual power plant deal with Hawaiian Electric approved...

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved Swell Energy‘s $25 million contract with Hawaiian Electric for the delivery...

January 18, 2021
News rooftop solar
The 2020 policy trends making and ‘braking’ rooftop solar in...

The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) recently announced its 2020 Solar “Makers” and “Brakers” list highlight...

January 4, 2021
News virginia
New report highlights vast potential for large-scale solar in southwest...

A new playbook for local governments will help Southwest Virginia communities develop large-scale solar energy projects, taking advantage of...

January 4, 2021
News congress
Congress to extend solar investment tax credit as part of...

Congress has apparently reached agreement on broad end-of-year legislation that includes significant benefits for solar energy. The full leg...

December 21, 2020
News michigan on a map
Michigan PSC doubles rooftop solar cap, but cuts payback rate

The Michigan Public Service Commission issued its Order in the Consumers Energy rate case last week, and the result is fairly disappointing ...

December 21, 2020
News local solar planning
New DER planning model shows why local solar-for-all costs less

The grid of the not-so-distant future will be clean, distributed and co-optimized. What that means is that generation and other resources on...

December 16, 2020
News Welcome to Illinois Sign
Illinois Commission sides with solar in Ameren’s attempt to skirt...

The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) voted 4-1 on Wednesday to reject Ameren Illinois’ proposed calculation of the number of solar n...

December 4, 2020
+ Storage
Solar and storage reduce GHGs differently — here’s how policy...

In my last article (“Solar is Hardware, Storage is Software”), I addressed how solar and storage, while very complementary, are ...

December 3, 2020
Featured solar light bulb idea
Solar is hardware, storage is software — why solar +...

In the space of a few weeks last summer, climate-driven extreme weather compromised the U.S. electricity grid on both coasts. Hurricane Isai...

November 23, 2020
Featured state interconnection
FERC Order 841 mattered, but state interconnection rules

It was big news this summer when a federal appeals court upheld Order 841 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. FERC Order 841 clarif...

November 19, 2020
News arizona
Arizona approves 100 percent carbon-free goal, distributed storage standard

The Arizona Corporation Commissioners voted last week to require utilities to be 100% carbon-free by 2050 and meet benchmarks along the way....

November 17, 2020
News IREC TSF Merger
IREC and The Solar Foundation agree to combine forces

The Solar Foundation and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) have signed an agreement to merge into a single, expanded nonprofit ...

November 12, 2020
News renewable energy policy
Over 60 percent of new electrical generating capacity added this...

Renewable energy sources have dominated new U.S. electrical generating capacity additions in the first eight months of 2020, according to a ...

October 28, 2020
Featured crowd sourced AHJ permitting
Searching AHJs for solar permitting? Check this free, crowd-sourced registry

Every little step in residential solar project planning and design can add hours, days or more to the time that customers sit around and wai...

October 20, 2020
News diversity in solar
Top solar organizations launch Renewables Forward, a diversity and inclusion...

A group of leading solar and renewable energy companies and trade organizations have launched an initiative, Renewables Forward, to take act...

October 14, 2020
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