Appeals court ruling could bring Phoenix solar market back to life
A U.S. district court must rule on federal antitrust claims made by four plaintiffs against Arizona utility SRP’s anti-solar rate, and must consider “injunctive relief” that could immediately halt the anti-solar rate.
Puerto Rico legislator calls on US Congress to prevent an “illegal tax” on Puerto Rico solar
Puerto Rico legislator Héctor Ferrer called on Congress to use its oversight authority over Puerto Rico’s fiscal oversight board to oppose a proposed fee on rooftop solar power.
Venture capitalist sees billion-dollar opportunities for solar and storage innovators
Bill Nussey describes in his new book a much larger role that he foresees for local solar and storage, and a correspondingly altered role for electric utilities.
Puerto Rico nears awards for 800 MW solar and 220 MW storage, toward multi-GW goals
Puerto Rico’s utility has submitted solar and storage project bids to the government for approval, while a second bid process has been announced. A backlog of distributed solar interconnection requests is being cleared.
U.S. House Committee questions TVA on “hindering” distributed solar
The Committee’s letter added that TVA’s customers “pay too much for electricity.” President Biden’s nominees for TVA directors could govern the utility by May, contingent on Senate confirmations.
LBL explores how to compensate battery owners for grid value
Current price signals to distributed battery owners “do not align with grid value,” says a study from the national laboratory.
To access low-cost renewables, a Colorado co-op plans to exit Tri-State utility
United Power plans to work with other power suppliers over the next two years to secure alternative power supply on the open market.
Renewables deserve better approaches to resource adequacy: ACORE
A new report finds room for improvement in regional approaches to setting the capacity value of renewables and storage.
Group asks that Entergy improve its resource planning
The utility overestimated costs for renewables in its resource plan and did not seriously consider solar-plus-storage hybrid systems, a stakeholder group said.
Energy efficiency is a good substitute for long-term storage, NREL study says
Reducing building energy usage by about 60% is key to a least-cost 100% renewable energy grid, the study found.
