California Passes 600MW Shared Renewables Program
California's state legislature has passed the landmark 600MW "shared renewables" bill that will open up access to clean energy to millions of residents who can't install their own renewables - with no...
View ArticleAmerica’s Net Metering War
Originally published on San Diego Loves Green by Roy L. Hales (California Solar supporters during the AB 327 negotiations – TASC photo ) There is an undeclared energy battle being waged in America. As...
View ArticleJerry Brown Signs AB 327 Bill
Originally published on San Diego Loves Green. By Roy L. Hales. Governor Brown has signed AB 327. Despite the initial solar vs utilities flare-up, the final version of AB 327 was something that most...
View Article4 States Lead US In Freeing The Grid For Distributed Solar Energy
4 US states lead the nation in net metering and interconnection policies designed to make installing solar energy easier for homeowners and businesses 4 States Lead US In Freeing The Grid For...
View ArticleUS Solar Energy Industry Shines In Record-Setting 3Q 2013
The US solar energy industry installed a record-setting 930MW of photovoltaic panels in 3Q 2013, passing 10GW total installed capacity - enough to power 1.7 million homes. US Solar Energy Industry...
View ArticleSolarCity Takes 32% Of 2013 3Q US PV Residential Market As Utilities Squirm
SolarCity took 32% of the US Residential PV installation market in the third quarter of 2013, as utilities continue to squirm over solar power’s disruptive energy potential. According to GTM Reasearch,...
View ArticleLessons from Minnesota — An Unexpected Solar Success
How did a cold state in the Upper Midwest join the ranks of states with solar energy standards? This presentation (click for presentation with audio) explains the politics, process, and policy that led...
View ArticleSolar Industry Defeats ALEC Net Metering Attacks In Utah & Washington
In 2013, a national battle for energy choice commenced as utilities attacked solar net metering in California, Arizona, Louisiana, and Idaho. Net metering allows rooftop solar customers to use clean...
View ArticleTop 10 Solar Energy States Per Capita (US)
Environment America Research and Policy Center recently released Lighting the Way, a fascinating hard numbers–based take on the US solar energy boom, the top states that fostered it last year, and what...
View ArticleTop Solar Charts From Huge IEA Solar PV Report
The newest edition of the Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme report was recently released by the IEA — detailing a huge quantity of different aspects of the global solar PV market as well as country-...
View ArticleNet Energy Metering Debate Distracts From Bigger DER Opportunity
Rocky Mountain Institute. Bundled, Block, Volumetric Rates are the Barrier to Unleashing DER Innovation It’s no secret that net energy metering (NEM) is a controversial topic in the electricity world...
View ArticleNegative Impacts of Rooftop Solar Will Fall on Utility Investors
Negative impacts of rooftop solar will fall on investors: potential earnings could drop +40% in some scenarios. Ratepayers will be relatively unaffected Negative Impacts of Rooftop Solar Will Fall on...
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Why Do Some US States Have Higher Rooftop Solar Installation Than Others?
Why do some states outperform others so much when it comes to solar installations? In an effort funded by the US DOE’s SunShot Initiative, NREL researchers used statistical analysis and detailed case...
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Despite Net Metering Veto, West Virginia’s Solar Industry Close to Collapse
Solar is about as popular in coal country as offshore oil drilling is in California, but despite a legislature hostile to renewables and fierce pressure from lobbying groups, West Virginia Governor...
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Net Metering Caps Are Putting Solar Jobs at Risk
Originally published on SolarLove.org. Calling on the Legislature to act quickly to raise net metering caps, the Mass Solar Coalition stated recently that thousands of solar-related jobs are in...
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Review Of Net Metering Studies Finds Utilities Underpaying For Solar Electricity
Originally published on Cost of Solar. If there’s one aspect of residential solar that the anti-solar crowd, especially utility companies, loves to gang up on, it’s probably net metering. You could...
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Sunrun Urges San Francisco Giants To Part Ways With PG&E
Originally published on Solar Love Sunrun, the foremost US residential solar company, has called on the San Francisco Giants baseball team to cut sponsorship ties with local utility PG&E. “Dear San...
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Demand Flexibility & Storage Can Preserve Solar PV’s Value After End Of Net...
Originally published on RMI Outlet By Mark Dyson and Jesse Morris Earlier this week, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued a ruling ending net energy metering (NEM) for all new solar...
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Potential Net Metering Changes Could Adversely Affect Rooftop Solar
Originally published on Solar Love. When it comes to net metering dollars and cents for utilities, the utility bill face-off between rooftop solar champions and utilities continues to evolve. With net...
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Changes To Net Metering In CA Could Hurt Solar Power Industry
The California Public Utilities Commission is evaluating what changes to make to the state of California’s net metering policy. The utilities want to reduce payments to customers who generate...
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