Policy

pv magazine USA spotlights news of the past week including market trends, project updates, policy changes and more.

Panelists at RE+ in Philadelphia said storage deployment in the PJM region lags others, but doesn’t have to.

Accelerating deployment of rooftop and community solar with supportive policies would help New York meet its goal of 70% renewable power by 2030 at lower cost, says a solar trade group.

Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) released the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, promising to accelerate the permitting processes for energy and mineral projects of all types in the U.S.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a bill to put time limits on solar permit processing, streamlined appeals processes, energy storage procurement goals, and more.

A group of panelists at the RE+ conference in Philadelphia, panelists provided updates on the EPA-administered Solar for All Program, which extends solar access to low income households.

pv magazine USA spotlights news of the past week including market trends, project updates, policy changes and more.

Also on the rise: $1B in financing for 400 MW/1600 MWh solar-plus-storage project. Peak Energy secures $55 million Series A funding to manufacture sodium-ion batteries. And more.

The nation’s largest grid operator told renewables trade groups that it will launch a transmission planning process ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Q2 2024 saw 44 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico take a total of 182 distributed solar policy actions.