3 takeaways from the PVEL 2021 reliability scorecard
The annual publication from PV Evolution Labs shares results from solar panel stress tests focused on specified and verified bills of materials.
Michigan regulators approve DTE low-income solar program settlement
The agreement will lower program costs, simplify enrollment, and bring three community solar projects to historically underserved communities.
Solar for manufactured homes: the next frontier for energy equity
Manufactured households represent an often-overlooked portion of low- and middle-income solar access equity, one that presents its own unique challenges and opportunities on both the individual and community level.
FERC opens the door for solar advocates to take Alabama regulators to court
The Commission declined to grant an enforcement action petition against state regulators that allowed Alabama Power to institute a punitive solar charge, instead allowing the petitioners to take the fight into their own hands in court.
Florida town decides to gut net metering
The city of Green Cove Springs, Florida, has passed an ordinance to halve its net metering credit, a move that renewable advocates are concerned will spread to other towns.
Controversial California solar bill undergoes major revisions
Assembly Bill 1139 underwent major revision, but that doesn’t mean the bill has been entirely declawed.
Proposed bill that could gut California rooftop solar draws fire
The bill would significantly cut net metering rates paid to rooftop solar customers, and also revise long-term rates and other protections that were promised to existing rooftop solar customers.
A cliff-hanger as Illinois edges closer to passing desperately needed energy legislation
J.B. Pritzker’s Consumers and Climate First Act has taken center stage, with renewable advocates desperately trying to pass some sort of legislation before the state’s solar market is damaged beyond repair.
Sunrise brief: LG Energy Solution to replace problem li-ion energy storage batteries
Also on the rise: Duke Energy starts work on Speedway Solar near Charlotte, a Connecticut energy storage bill advances, and Guzman Energy signs a PPA for a Colorado solar plant.
Alliance formed to push for increased community access to solar
The Alliance aims to support the passage of two bills intended to make community solar legal in Michigan.
