Xcel Energy, a utility in Colorado, has proposed increasing fixed charges for all customers while reducing charges on energy used. Xcel also plans to introduce demand charges for residential customers, which up until now have only applied to large commercial and industrial customers. Like similar proposals brought about by otherRead More

The New York State Public Service Commission announced new regulations making it faster and easier for solar energy, microgrids and other distributed generation projects to connect to the electric grid and advance the development of renewable power under the state’s new Clean Energy Standard. This action is in line with several other initiativesRead More

As the solar industry eagerly awaits the outcome of the omnibus spending bill that includes a five-year extension to the solar investment tax credit (ITC), there is not much left to do other than speculate, which is what the folks at GTM Research are doing. According to their analysts, thisRead More

The Dane County Circuit Court in Wisconsin struck down discriminatory charges on solar customers in a verbal ruling delivered by Judge Peter Anderson. The ruling was needed to reverse the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s December 2014 decision to add a discriminatory fee on distributed generation customers in We Energies’ territory. TheRead More

While the EPA’s Clean Power Plan is mostly seen as a win for the solar industry overall, not all of the players involved in its implementation are excited about it. Georgia Power, for one, has joined with several other energy companies across the country in support of a motion to stayRead More

How do you help spur solar industry initiatives, while presenting a unified voice in an area that needs it? Form an alliance, of course. That’s at least what Conergy, a large downstream solar company, and NEXTracker, the world’s fastest-growing solar tracking company, are doing by launching the Latin America andRead More

To further transparency and understanding in solar power transactions, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) issued the SEIA Solar Business Code just before the official kick-off of Solar Power International. The code is the first national guidance document covering interactions between solar companies and consumers and is effective immediately. “WeRead More

Despite all of the hoopla the Obama Administration is making about solar these days, the sudden drop of the Investment Tax Credit still sits as a chilling event for the red hot industry. No one is quite sure what’s going to happen, and that’s why the solar industry is comingRead More

Washington continues to promote the adoption and continued innovation of solar power in the United States. The latest set of actions and commitments from the Obama Administration includes a $1 billion increase in loan guarantees for renewable energy projects and initiatives for driving the development of new low-cost clean energyRead More

As utilities across the country get hip to the benefits of solar power, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) is an original early adopter and has interconnected more rooftop solar power than any utility in America. To further these goals, PG&E is proposing smart energy reform in support of sustainableRead More