Florida bill would cut solar net metering compensation
The bill would shift compensation rates to the utility’s avoided cost of generation, and open the door for a host of fixed charges aimed at solar.
Court throws out Trump trade action on bifacial modules
The court decision also reduced the Section 201 tariff rate from 18% to 15% after the rate was raised as part of Trump’s Proclamation 10101 in October 2020.
Sunrise brief: Global energy storage market set to hit 1 TWh by 2030, BNEF says
Also on the rise: Rooftop solar fires are a real and growing risk, A-SMACC says it could refile anti-dumping tariff petitions, and five New England colleges now are powered by solar under a novel PPA arrangement.
Solar anti-dumping group said it is weighing options, may refile petitions seeking tariffs
A-SMACC urged Commerce Department officials to consider launching their own circumvention actions and trade cases on behalf of the U.S. solar industry.
Sunrise brief: Feds turn away solar anti-dumping petitioners
Also on the rise: Ponzi scheme gets a DC Solar owner 30 years, import restrictions that jolted the solar industry may be easing, and Competitive Power Ventures buys a solar portfolio.
Commerce Department throws out anti-dumping petitions
The failure of the group known as A-SMACC to publicly name its members led to the decision, which was met applauded by SEIA.
DC Solar owner sentenced to 30 years for Ponzi scheme
In what the Department of Justice described as “the largest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of California,” Jeff Carpoff has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.
New Jersey solar-ready warehouse bill is now law
The law requires all new warehouses that are at least 100,000 square feet to reserve up to 40% of their roof area for solar arrays.
Border agents detained 40.31 MW of LONGi solar products, company says
The detained modules accounted for roughly 1.59% of the company’s total 2020 export sales volume to the U.S.
Sunrise brief: U.S. module supply risk is ‘material,’ warns analyst firm
Also on the rise: SEIA urges an end to Section 201 tariffs on solar imports, CATL signs a battery deal with startup EV maker Fisker, and Solar Landscape wins 46 community solar projects in New Jersey.
