Rachel Metea
Midwest solar industry seeks broader support
Intersolar and Energy Storage North America held its first Midwest show June 9 to June 11, where solar leaders discussed the success and lessons learned from this year’s legislative session, among other topics affecting the solar industry.
The important role of state policy in cutting carbon emissions
Using a breadth of datasets, researchers modeled how states’ clean energy goals might evolve under state-led action versus federal support.
Vermont passes law for faster, cheaper residential solar
The brief legislation was a stark contrast to last year’s renewable energy overhaul vetoed by the governor, but then overridden by the General Assembly.
Connecticut House passes community solar bill, remains dead on arrival at Senate
Connecticut lawmakers voted to pass expansive community solar legislation that would expire the next day, leaving no time for the Senate to discuss the bill.
Montana ushers in community solar
Montana will allow community solar projects effective June 13, so long as the governor does not veto the legislation.
Nevada passes bills to expand rooftop solar, investigate utilities’ pricing
Amid allegations over NV Energy overcharging ratepayers for decades, Nevada passed two bills that will investigate how utilities pass power costs onto customers and expand access to rooftop solar.
Automated solar permitting bill sails through New Jersey Assembly
Bills to remove bottlenecks popped up across the country this session, but New Jersey’s is one of the few that has not yet fallen flat.
Iowa researchers explore how solar panel height, design affects crop yields
Iowa State University is using a $1.8 million grant to study whether higher solar arrays create better growing conditions for horticultural crops and beekeeping production.
House bill could cost 330,000 industry jobs by 2028, SEIA says
Repealing energy incentives through the reconciliation bill could lead to hundreds of thousands of loss jobs, higher energy bills and hundreds of lost factory investments across the country, an analysis released by the Solar Energy Industries Association found.
Rhode Island weighs bills to quash solar incentives, net-metering
Rhode Island lawmakers introduced legislation to place a moratorium on net metering contracts, heat pump subsidies and long-term contracts for purchasing renewable energy, and to repeal the Renewable Energy Growth Program.
