Puerto Rico plans to add 240 MW of solar by June 2019
The new PV capacity will be part of a plan to add 1.5 GW of new generation capacity and to address the state of emergency in the island’s electricity system.
Section 201 testimony to be heard today
Today the International Trade Commission will hear arguments for and against trade action under its Section 201 investigation.
69 legislators pressure USITC to reject trade petition
A bipartisan group of House and Senate members cited the possibility of devastating job losses as the reason to reject the Suniva/SolarWorld Section 201 trade case, one day before the commission hears testimony on the case.
It’s starting: Cuts at national labs slash more than 500 jobs
Though NREL and Berkeley Lab are not specifically mentioned – yet – the cuts at two other labs could signal dim times ahead for these two vital labs for renewable energy research.
Massachusetts presents proposed final version of 1600 MW solar policy
The new version of the SMART program makes some tweaks to the regulation filed on June 5, including raising the ceiling price for the initial 100 MW procurement, which will set the prices for the resulting incentive levels.
Colorado to build the nation’s largest low-income community solar project
A majority of the output of the 1.95 MW solar project in Fort Collins will benefit low-income households, affordable housing providers and non-profits.
Fossil fuel champion Chatterjee to (temporarily) head FERC
The former energy advisor to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that he will only serve until Kevin McIntyre is confirmed.
Go west, young solar? An analysis
A rebate offered by a Missouri public utility is stirring up debate on how to use solar in addressing the vaunted “duck curve”.
California regulators delay decision on TOU rates for SDG&E
The solar industry and environmentalists mobilized over the commission’s last-minute change to a proposed decision on time-of-use rates, and now CPUC has delayed its decision until at least August 24.
ITC report: 26 U.S. module makers closed in the past five years
With both sides of the Section 201 trade case anxiously looking for any indication about how the U.S. International Trade Commission will rule, the preliminary report by the commission’s staff may hold some clues.
