Colorado House passes legislation to legalize plug-in solar for renters
The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill to legalize plug-in solar systems for renters and multifamily residents, establishing a regulatory framework for portable arrays that connect directly to standard home outlets.
PJM states could lower electric bills by enabling retail choice with household batteries
As state governors across the PJM grid region “have expressed alarm over capacity prices” that drive up electric bills, retail choice models that can quickly deploy thousands of distributed batteries can make consumers “the primary source of new capacity,” says the author of a new report.
NV Energy demand charge proposal threatens Nevada rooftop solar
A proposed shift in rate design could undermine the economic value of distributed generation and complicate the state’s energy transition goals.
Why domestic solar manufacturing matters now more than ever
The United States is at a critical inflection point where speed to deployment of energy technologies contributes to economic strength and energy security, but policy certainty is paramount, according to a panel of three solar manufacturing experts.
U.S. ITC opens Section 337 probe into global TOPCon supply chain
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has opened a Section 337 investigation into tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cells, modules, panels, and related products following a complaint by First Solar, naming 47 entities across 11 countries as respondents.
California bill would unlock distributed energy participation in grid resource adequacy market
A new California bill, SB 913, would require state regulators to integrate customer-owned batteries and electric vehicles into the official Resource Adequacy market to bolster grid reliability.
New report finds adoption of solar permitting best practices eludes even the best states
The all-new Solar Permitting Scorecard grades all 50 states on how well they support straightforward residential solar permitting. The report finds that bureaucratic barriers significantly increase costs in all states, with only two states managing to earn a “B” grade.
California’s SB 886 could make storage a prerequisite for data center interconnection
If passed, SB 886 would require large load users to cover half of their hourly needs with zero-carbon, dispatchable energy resources.
Illinois regulators launch investigation into consumer protection against data center costs
Facing applications for new data center capacity that represent a greater total demand than ComEd’s all-time peak, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved a plan to require data center projects to make larger deposits to cover the cost of grid upgrades and ordered an investigation into other methods of protecting utility ratepayers against footing the bill for data center load growth.
Energy tax credit restoration bill submitted to Congress
Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives have submitted a wide-ranging energy bill titled the “Energy Bills Relief Act” that essentially reverses any changes made to tax credits by the One Big Beautiful Bill.
