DTE finally kills net metering
After three years of proposals, rejections, inspections and neglect, the day has come: In DTE’s Michigan service area, retail rate net metering is scheduled to end in a week.
Texas collective is getting wind+solar+whatever you have for 3¢/kWh – or less
As part of the Texas’ State Energy Conservation Office procurement process, a group of public companies have received bids for wind and solar power for less than 3¢/kWh for 150 MW+ of load in 12-year power contracts.
A free solar future, drones patrolling the skies above solar farms: pvMB 5/2/19
Welcome, welcome to this Thursday’s pvMB. Today we’ll be checking out Suntuity’s free solar giveaway, Brooklyn Solar Canopies going south, sPower and Cypress Creek alleging project blocking by Consumers, the launch of the Atlas platform and all the rest of today’s ultra-important solar news.
4 GW of Georgia solar now would save customers money, says state solar association
A Georgia solar association and a citizen’s group have brought analyses showing a much greater cost-saving solar potential in Georgia than the meager 1 GW that Georgia Power proposed in its 20-year resource plan.
Maine Governor calls for 100% renewable electricity
Maine Governor Janet T. Mills has submitted an act which would establish a council to guide the state in reaching consumption goals of 80% renewable electricity by 2030 and 100% by 2050.
The Renewable U right for you
A recently published report by Environment America and the Frontier Group takes a look at which schools are leading the charge in the renewable transition, as dozens of colleges and universities now obtain 100% or more of their electricity from renewable sources.
California’s largest CCA project ever, a city run entirely on solar: pvMB 5/1/19
Welcome one and all to the first pvMB of May and also a hump day MB, exciting stuff. Today we’ll be looking at ACORE’s fight for an energy storage tax credit, Michiganers against DTE’s proposed solar fee, AEP’s request for proposals and all the solar news you need to be caught up on.
Democratic voters want action on climate (we think)
A new poll shows climate change emerging as the top issue for Democrats and left-leaning independents – as a first. But how you ask the question matters.
Big ambitions, unclear details in O’Rourke climate plan
The dollars and dates in Democratic Presidential Candidate Beto O’Rourke’s new climate plan are ambitious. But much is not clear about what exactly is being referred to and how choices would be made between technologies.
Solar-powered hydrogen and dumplings: pvMB 4/30/19
Hello and welcome to this morning’s edition of the pvMB. Today we’ll be looking at Nexamp winning six community solar projects in Illinois, FTC Solar supplying 30 MW of trackers in Oregon, SFPUC’s clean power milestone and everything you need to take on today in the solar industry.
