PJM’s proposed 10-hour storage minimum debunked
Four-hour storage can provide up to 4,000 MW of capacity in the PJM grid region, providing reliability value equal to that of conventional generators.
SEIA mobilizes the solar industry for another ITC extension
The trade organization has gotten nearly 1,000 companies to sign on to a letter calling for an extension of the ITC. But can it move Congress?
What is rooftop solar really worth?
A new report released by Environment Texas Research and Policy Center calls on state regulators to seriously consider the vast benefits provided by distributed generation and promote it as a leading option for our energy future.
Proposed RPS for New Orleans, Charlottesville renewable energy alliance formed: pvMB 7/17/19
Hello, hello and welcome back to the pvMB, halfway through a busy workweek. Today we’ll be looking at AEE’s EV fact sheet, Grasshoper Solar joining SEIA, Pegasus acquiring Plus Minus Power and more!
Solar power mood ring suggests steady as she goes
The LevelTen Energy Q2 PPA Price Index suggests solar contract pricing will stay flat over the next year, with a broad list of items having effects – up and down – on project pricing’s moderate increase in the first half of 2019.
Regulators order Georgia Power to double its solar
Georgia Power has been required to solicit 2.21 GW of solar and 80 MW of energy storage to come online over the next five years. This is the largest single acquisition of solar in Georgia’s history and will double the state’s installed capacity.
Floridians seeking energy freedom
Citizens for Energy Choices is pushing for a ballot amendment to create a competitive retail electricity market, the right to sell your own electricity, and to limit investor owned utilities to transmission and distribution.
With one day left to pass, HB 6 looms in Ohio
The controversial nuclear bailout bill has been amended to remove a provision that would stifle wind development, but still looks to eliminate the state’s renewable energy standard.
#Solar100’s Amy Harder: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the (Energy) Galaxy
In this #Solar100 Interview, Richard Matsui, Founder & CEO of kWh Analytics, speaks with Amy Harder, energy and climate change reporter for Axios.
Duke wants to tax the sun
Duke Energy is seeking an “Integration Services Charge” on solar projects in North Carolina of 0.11¢/kWh to 0.24¢/kWh, with future pricing increases of almost 300%. The utility offers an out, if developers integrate energy storage.
