New Hampshire bill to expand system sizes while setting new rates for net metering
SB 446 has passed the Senate and now heads the House for approval. The bill would allow systems up to 5 MW to participate in the state’s net metering program, with final rates to be set over the next three years.
U.S. solar module to inverter ratio settles in around 1.25
The DC-AC ratio of U.S. solar plants has been increasing since it measured at just over 1.1 in 2001-2009, however, the average seems to have flattened at just above 1.25 in recent years.
TVA proposes rate structures to hobble rooftop solar
The semi-public power authority is not even trying to hide its attempt to slow down deployment of customer-owned solar and other forms of distributed generation.
FERC counts 48 GW-AC of large solar projects planned by 2021
Utility Scale proposed projects have begun piling up at the federal agency as the 30% Investment Tax Credit ending starts appearing on the horizon.
Opposition arises to Michigan plans to kill net metering
A proposed drastic change by the Michigan regulatory agency to end net metering later this year has hundreds registering opposition comments.
TransAlta plans massive solar project on former coal mine in Washington
The Canadian power company is planning its first solar project, which will be up to 180 MW in capacity, on the former strip mine.
Arizona regulators rebuff utilities, order turn from gas to renewables
As an historic first, the Arizona Corporation Commission has voted not to acknowledge the gas-heavy energy resource plans of utilities, and is pushing instead an aggressive clean energy plan by one of its members.
New Jersey solar carve-out bills re-emerge without nuclear subsidies
Bills to reform the state’s renewable energy mandate, increase its solar target and enable a community solar program have been re-introduced in the New Jersey House and Senate.
The U.S. residential solar market fell 16% in 2017
GTM Research and SEIA’s final report on the solar market in 2017 shows both the struggle of the residential solar market, as well as a larger than anticipated fall in utility-scale volumes, leading to a 30% contraction overall.
Seminole delivers 770 MW of renewable energy with $1.48 billion deployed
The company started financing renewables in 2009, with a focus on 1-20 MW projects representing an investment of $2-35 million.
