California pulls the plug on rooftop solar
The Public Utilities Commission approved Net Energy Metering 3.0, slashing payments for sending rooftop solar production to the grid. New rooftop solar projects are now considered uneconomical without an attached battery.
50 states of solar incentives: Louisiana
Located at the mouth of the Mississippi River, Louisiana has abundant crude oil and natural gas reserves and very little in the way of solar energy generation.
Sunrise brief: New Jersey boosts solar with new Competitive Solar Incentive program
Also on the rise: U.S. to deploy 30 GW, 111 GWh of grid-scale energy storage in three years. Joint venture commits $400 million to standalone battery buildout in Texas. And more.
New Jersey boosts solar with new Competitive Solar Incentive program
The CSI program helps residents continue the fight against climate change by increasing the supply of clean energy, while bringing down the costs of solar generation.
Sunrise brief: California rulemaking to cut solar net metering payments by 75%
Also on the rise: Guidance for solar tax credit prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. Battery manufacturer to install massive 3.8 MW rooftop solar system at Pennsylvania HQ. And more.
California rulemaking to cut solar net metering payments by 75%
A vote is expected mid-December on a rulemaking change that would severely dampen the value of new rooftop residential solar installations in the nation’s largest market.
50 states of solar incentives: Mississippi
The Magnolia State, with the lowest per-capita income in the country, has been slow to embrace renewables as it remains dependent on natural gas and nuclear power.
Michigan rejects utility anti-rooftop solar policy
The state’s Commission was not convinced by DTE Energy’s argument that distributed energy causes a cost shift, and that the utility improperly modeled the benefits of distributed generation.
The day Indiana rooftop solar died
Since July, only two customers have installed solar in NIPSCO’s 1.2 million customer territory following a new net metering rulemaking. The case has been elevated to the Supreme Court.
California introduces rooftop solar net metering 3.0: An industry reacts
Solar industry reactions to the revised NEM 3.0 proposed decision in California.
