NARUC approves final DER rate-design manual
Under consideration for more than a year, the final suggestions by the national regulators group offers suggestions and guidance on solar rate design
BLM codifies new solar leasing rules
After five years of careful consideration, the government agency announced new rules governing the leasing of public lands for renewable energy projects
What is Trump going to do with solar?
Solar advocates across the country are desperately reading tea leaves to figure out what the president-elect will do with solar — and no one really knows
Nevada takes first step to break NV Energy monopoly
On Tuesday, Nevadans passed a constitutional amendment that could shatter the state’s biggest monopoly’s stranglehold on electricity production in the state as soon as 2018
The dismantling of the DOE is already under way
Just hours after the election was called, members of the president-elect’s transition team were in the Department of Energy’s offices to be briefed — and are being led by a man whose lobbying firm is hopelessly addicted to fossil fuels
Washington state’s carbon tax crushed
The nation’s first attempt to price carbon properly — to put it on a level playing field with renewable energy — died quickly as three-fifths of voters rejected Initiative Measure No. 732
Florida’s Amendment 1 fails in enormous win for solar
The utility-supported anti-solar constitutional amendment needed 60 percent to pass — and struggled to break 50 percent instead
Conflicts continue over Duke’s interconnection rules
North Carolina regulators have offered the company relief on a complaint by seven solar developers, but have served complaints against the power company for three other projects.
All (solar) eyes will be on Florida
As voters go to the polls tomorrow to pick the next U.S. president, voters in the Sunshine State will decide whether the solar industry will move forward — or stay under the control of its utilities
pv magazine presents: DOE’s Dr. Rebecca Jones-Albertus on slashing soft costs
Two weeks ago, the Department of Energy released $21.4 million to fund 17 projects to bring down soft costs around the country. pv magazine sat down with Dr. Rebecca Jones-Albertus, the Sunshot Initiative official who will oversee the projects, to learn more.
