Legal

Arguing that Duke’s Clean Energy Connections program will unfairly shift costs onto smaller customers, a group is challenging the program designed to add roughly 750 MW of utility-scale solar.

HOAs could still complain about some things related to solar, but could no longer ban them outright.

In an attempt to reduce installation time and cost, S.B.617 would allow for remote inspections and approvals of residential solar and solar-plus-storage systems in jurisdictions with over 10,000 residents.

H.B.1381, which would establish standardized renewable development regulations across the state, has passed in the Indiana House and now moves to the Senate.

HB 539 would require customers using solar panels to pay a fee and adds a grid access fee for customers who sell generated energy back to their utility.

In a wide-ranging interview, Ross Hopper discussed supply chain challenges, the hope for federal policy certainty, workforce diversity, and the need to act “with boldness and vision.”

TVA’s new rate structure enables power companies to impose fees onto solar customers. Similar fees have been repeatedly challenged elsewhere.

The developer must comply with state and federal laws to protect water quality and natural resources at the solar array, restore impacted resources, and place a parcel of 24 acres into conservation.

Alleging that the fixed charge fees unfairly discriminate, Sierra Club and Vote Solar filed a lawsuit against the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.

Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm told a Senate confirmation hearing that she wants to use her role as Energy Secretary to bring cleantech jobs to the US, achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, and invest in tech through DOE loan programs.