Residential PV

In a just released report on residential-customer acquisition costs, GTM Research says with national installers changing strategies, the costs will rise this year – but they will slowly come down in 2018 and beyond.

In this op-ed, Environmental Defense Fund’s John Hall argues that El Paso Electric’s recent rate proposal, including discriminatory rates for pv system owners, will undermine the city’s ability to reach its potential.

A recent City Council decision to join the SolarHost program could save the city $11,800 per year.

House Bill 589, which overhauls the regulations surrounding utility procurement from independent power producers, passed in the wee hours this morning and heads to Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature.

The CPUC will examine whether the additional charges added to the bills of consumers who leave IOUs for alternative power producers are equitable, particularly as such customer bases continue to grow.

The warning from NASDAQ follows financial difficulties at the microinverter pioneer

The pending closure of the company’s office in Charleston is the latest sign of a changing approach to residential solar from the market leader.

Despite slower solar numbers in its monthly reports, NJ BPU expects a decline of at most 15% by the time data is finalized.

A packed house at the Arizona Corporation Commission indicated intense public interest in proposed rate changes that critics say punish solar customers but which Tucson Electric Power says are necessary so they can invest more in solar.

While other U.S.-based module manufacturers have struggled this year, the California-based company has quietly been expanding.