Utah PSC grants utility’s request to suspend solar rate-increase request
In response to intense public reaction, Rocky Mountain Power requested the suspension so it could continue negotiating with solar stakeholders to find a mutually agreeable solution.
DOE pushes back on Climate-Change ‘witch hunt’
In response to a questionnaire requesting the names of all employees involved with Climate-Change activities, an Energy Department spokesman flatly rejected the idea of giving any individual names to the president-elect’s transition team
Trump picks Perry to become Secretary of Energy
The man who once championed eliminating the Department of Energy (if he could remember its name) in 2011 will head the department if the Senate votes to confirm him
SunPower sells Stanford University solar projects
New Energy Solar acquired a majority interest in the two 67.4 MW projects that sell 100 percent of their power to the Palo Alto, Calif., educational powerhouse
Oklahoma judge protects solar customers from extra charges
In a tentative agreement between Oklahoma Gas & Electric and consumer advocates — pending public service commission approval — would protect solar customers from arbitrary charges levied by the utility
Georgia reaches accord on renewable cost-benefit framework
Georgia Power and the Georgia Public Service Commission issued a joint recommendation on how to evaluate solar’s value to the state’s grid, with a view of using the framework in the Renewable Energy Development Initiative
Sunrun renews GRID Alternatives partnership
The partnership, now entering its sixth year, is designed to spread solar energy to as many U.S. households as it can
San Diego sports more than 100,000 solar rooftops
San Diego Gas & Electric, already ahead of its 2020 renewable-energy by more than 10 percent, announced it connected 1,942 solar customers to the grid, providing solar to 100,000 customers
Tesla/SolarCity starts aggressive hiring process at Buffalo gigafactory
Despite some early setbacks, the combined companies are looking for 34 positions — out of an expected 1,400 jobs — to staff their new facility
At least five more cold winters for Ohio’s RES
State House voted today to make the the renewable energy standards (RES) voluntary for the next five years, continuing the deep freeze for the solar industry that started in 2014
