Solar Power International begins with a bang
With a monster hurricane in Florida and a trade case looming over the solar industry, there’s never been a more interesting time to be in solar
Solar’s next top model: SEIA unveils standard commercial PPA contract
SEIA’s C&I Working Group has created and unveiled Version 2.0 of its standard commercial PPA contract, which it hopes will help to ease project development in the sector.
Sharp shift stiffs solar as CPUC approves later TOU peak time
Over the passionate objections of national and state-level solar advocates, California’s utility regulators approved a peak-usage time shift from 3 pm to 4 pm for San Diego Gas & Electric rates, leaving solar customers compensated for less energy because its production would be off-peak.
SEIA, allies slam Section 201 petitioners as bad businesses
From across the country, solar installers, solar allies and the national association descended on Washington D.C. to urge the U.S. International Trade Commission to throw out the Suniva/SolarWorld Section 201 trade case.
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.
SEIA battles Suniva, SolarWorld for hearts and minds of the U.S. ITC
Trade case petitioners Suniva and SolarWorld brought the collapse of their businesses on themselves, the association said. The companies respond with equal fervor, saying SEIA’s claims are wrong on the law and contradicts its earlier statements.
Suniva, SolarWorld claim trade protections could generate 114,800 solar jobs
One week before the U.S. International Trade Commission hears testimony on the Section 201 trade case, the petitioners released a study that insists a decision in their favor could create 45,000 U.S. solar manufacturing jobs.
Fossil fuel front group slams Utah solar, using cost-shift argument to divide consumers
A “consumer protection group” almost entirely funded by every major fossil fuel company in the country is using the “cost-shift” argument to attempt to weaken support for solar in the state.
SEPA focuses on utilities’ changing role as electricity delivery evolves
The Smart Electric Power Alliance has launched a new phase of its 51st State Initiative, issuing a nationwide call for papers discussing what new role utilities can play in the ever-evolving energy-delivery market.
Coalition coalesces around fighting Suniva’s Section 201 trade case
An extensive and diverse group of activists have banded together to form the Energy Trade Action Coalition and vow to lobby Congress, President Trump and the U.S. International Trade Commission to derail the petition.
