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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

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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

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