According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, 124 projects are in Kafkaesque limbo because of the state’s low net metering caps. Today, SEIA and its Massachusetts allies will lobby to raise the caps to 5%, which it predicts would lead to 1 GW of solar being installed by 2022.
Federal regulators have given an October 23 deadline for testimony under a rule intended to subsidize nuclear and coal plants, a schedule which the solar and wind industries are joined by oil, gas and other public power groups in opposing. This could be the beginning of a long fight.
The deal, negotiated between solar advocates and Rocky Mountain Power, will grandfather all solar customers who sign up before that date – and recover those outlays by charging ALL customers an extra fee.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appeared to signal opposition to putting solar projects on public lands, while opening them up to fossil-fuel extraction during remarks at the National Clean Energy Week Conference. What a surprise.
If approved, this will allow the utility to source 6% of its electricity from solar
A new bill – the Advancing Grid Storage Act – would devote $50 million for research, $500 million for deployment assistance and $500 million in grants to cover upfront costs for some projects.
With the recent closure of a funding round and a big module deal, True Green is on a roll.
The company says it will use the money to provide customers with the financing necessary to use its Phazr energy-storage platform starting in the third quarter of next year.
The project is part of a utility-scale solar boom in Mississippi
Until 2017, most residential battery storage systems were installed off-grid – but GTM Research says 2017 is the year that changes – and changes dramatically.
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