Sunrun: 2, paperwork: 0
A federal ruling granting waivers to generator filings for distributed PV systems could open the door for Sunrun and other companies to sell power from rooftop solar into wholesale power markets.
Duke is going to get a lot more solar
In the largest single-day announcement to date, Duke Energy has announced 14 projects to be built across the Carolinas, totaling 602 MW in capacity.
Spotsylvania solar fully approved, Cypress Creek teams up with Starbucks: pvMB 4/16/19
Good morning! In today’s pvMB we also bring you Enphase’s upgrade program hitting 2,500 users, the mayor of South Miami going off-grid, and more!
Green Mountain Power on 100% clean energy: hold my beer
The Vermont utility has set a plan to decarbonize more aggressively than even Washington DC, as the second utility known to pv magazine to set a 100% clean electricity target.
SEIA’s soliloquy for solar+storage, stability and transmission in California
In response to updates of California’s proposed 12 GW Integrated Resource Plan, SEIA has suggested deeper evaluation of the grid value of solar+storage vs. solar alone, more consideration to transmission of solar generation, and a consistent procurement model to support business continuity.
The Solar Bill of Rights passes its first hurdle
The California Senate Energy Committee has given its 11-0 blessing to a bill enshrining in law the right of citizens to generate their own electricity and participate in wholesale power markets.
Hawaii utilities seek more renewables, storage and now grid services too
Hawaiian Electric Companies has laid out plans to source the equivalent of 135 MW of solar and 1,378 MWh of energy storage – as well as load shifting and frequency response from distributed energy resources through aggregators.
Your home’s solar and batteries could power the LA grid
Sunrun has proposed that the City of Los Angeles set its sights on 75,000 residential solar+storage systems (860 MWdc of solar plus 1.2 GWh of energy storage) by 2030 with the goal of replacing one of the region’s three retiring gas plants, while saving $60 million in electricity costs.
1.5¢/kWh renewables, 8minutenergy still #1, pvMB: 4/5/19
It’s springtime – so get outside this weekend – but first read your pv magazine morning brief where we talk about GameChange manufacturing in Detroit, 1.3 GW of energy storage coming to New England, solar cost recovery approved in Florida, and more!
Bill to extend federal solar tax credits to energy storage introduced
The bill would move beyond current provisions that enable the ITC only for solar-paired battery systems.
