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The income graduated fixed charges in California will harm customers with low electric bills

Monthly fixed fees proposed by the three major investor-owned utilities in California are expected to lead to higher bills for people who consume low amounts of electricity.

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California solar project portfolio bypasses time-consuming “Super Cluster” study

Renewable America will provide distributed capacity for four community choice aggregators in California.

Texas Senate approves tight permit restrictions on solar and wind

Under a new bill, existing projects could be retroactively removed if new permit requirements are not made. New solar and wind farms would need to win the approval of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, while undergoing yearly fees, tight siting requirements and more.

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Fold-out NASA satellite solar array undergoes successful test deployment

The NASA/NOAA satellite, part of the GOES-R series, operated as-expected in its terrestrial test, making it one step closer to launch.

California utilities commission sued for gouging rooftop solar payments

Three leading environmental groups have filed a petition to the California Court of Appeals to review the state’s solar net energy metering cuts.

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Senate votes to resume solar tariffs, threatening clean energy supply

The United States Senate voted to overturn President Biden’s two-year pause on tariffing solar goods shipped from four Southeast Asian nations responsible for 80% of solar supply. Biden is expected to veto the resolution.

SunPower secures $550 million loan purchase commitment

Private equity firm KKR committed to purchasing loans made to SunPower customers.

Solar assets are underperforming expectations by 8%, what is the root cause?

kWh Analytics says that finding the root cause of the underperformance through forensic analysis can help mitigate losses.

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Delta-Q reaches full-scale production of electric vehicle charger with DC-DC converter

The Vancouver-based company introduced a 3.3 kW charger with a converter compatible with the vehicle’s auxiliary DC loads.

Solar testing group warns of degradation risk for TOPCon

The Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC) raised the issue of ultraviolet-induced degradation of the trending technology in its PV Module Index 2022.

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