Net metering is dead. Long live net metering
The must-see panel of Intersolar North America (if you could only see one) discussed the most pressing issue in distributed solar today: What’s happening with net metering – and where does the industry go from here?
8minutenergy and Capital Dynamics Announce 328 MW Mount Signal 3 Solar Project
Third phase of Mount Signal Solar Farm, among the largest PV projects worldwide, will be developed by 8minutenergy and owned by Capital Dynamics
Solar and political struggle: The view from Intersolar North America
Despite all the success of the U.S. solar industry, the 10th annual Intersolar North America launched on an activist tone, with policy struggles at both the state and national level. In many ways, the work of transforming our energy system is just beginning
California governor announces Global Climate Action Summit
The summit, which will be held ahead of the 24th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 24), will mark the first time a U.S. state has hosted an international climate change conference with the direct goal of supporting the Paris Agreement.
California considers changes to community-choice-aggregation fees
The CPUC will examine whether the additional charges added to the bills of consumers who leave IOUs for alternative power producers are equitable, particularly as such customer bases continue to grow.
Enphase threatened with de-listing due to low stock price
The warning from NASDAQ follows financial difficulties at the microinverter pioneer
California’s C&I solar sector thrown into chaos with TOU changes
California regulators are proposing to move C&I customers onto pending time-of-use rates starting on August 1 – despite a lack of clarity as to the details of those rates.
America’s most powerful rooftop PV plant goes live
It’s a fraction smaller than the 17 MW rooftop PV plant at Apple Park, but Los Angeles says that the 16.4 MW project will generate more kilowatt-hours per year.
U.S. cities move forward on the Energy Transition, without Trump
The annual U.S. Conference of Mayors has endorsed a 100% renewable energy target for 2035, electrification of transport and other measures, following 31 cities setting or already meeting 100% renewable energy goals.
Solaria ramps Power XT production line to more than 40 MW per year
While other U.S.-based module manufacturers have struggled this year, the California-based company has quietly been expanding.
