Are Solar PV and Net Metering the Elephant in the Room? ONE OF THE HOTTEST TOPICS in utility regulation today is what utilities and regulators could or should do about the rapid growth in distributed energy resources, most particularly rooftop solar. A recent NRRI research paper summarizes and catalogs over a hundred recently adopted changes … Continue reading Are Solar PV and Net Metering the Elephant in the Room?→
Solar moves ahead of wind, hydro in California fuel mix, toward 10% of state’s power The rise of solar in California has been rapid and the impact of the state’s four-year drought has been powerful. Three years earlier, in 2012, solar was 0.9% of CAISO’s generation mix while wind was 4% and hydro was 9.3% … Continue reading Solar moves ahead of wind, hydro in California fuel mix, toward 10% of state’s power→
Solar is in, biomass energy is out—and farmers are struggling to dispose of woody waste It should have been a good year for turning wood and waste into electrons. A record-setting drought forced growers to bulldoze thousands of acres of trees, and hardly anyone in the Central Valley has permission to light bonfires anymore. But … Continue reading Solar is in, biomass energy is out—and farmers are struggling to dispose of woody waste→
Texas keeps getting greener: Solar power, like wind a decade ago, is about to soar For years, Texas consumers have been buying electricity through renewable energy plans. Now TXU Energy, the state’s largest electricity retailer, has added a twist: 100 percent solar power. For those who want to support solar, it’s an alternative to investing … Continue reading Texas keeps getting greener: Solar power, like wind a decade ago, is about to soar→
Sunny Nevada is killing the solar industry in the state with new net-metering rules To drive out solar power companies out of sunny Nevada, you have to do something pretty bad. This is exactly what happened while most of us weren’t paying attention, enjoying the holidays (or stressing out, depending…). The Nevada Public Utility Commission … Continue reading Sunny #Nevada is killing the solar industry in the state with new #net-metering rules→
Nevada Overhauls Net Metering Rules Despite Objections From Distributed Solar Industry The Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved sweeping changes to the state’s net-metering rules for rooftop solar yesterday. All three members of the PUC, the agency charged with regulating electric and gas utilities in Nevada, voted in favor of changing the formula used to … Continue reading Nevada Overhauls Net Metering Rules Despite Objections From Distributed Solar Industry→
From Keystone to Paris: Top 10 energy stories of 2015 A lot can change in a year. When 2015 got underway, the U.S. solar industry thought the sky was falling. Debating the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline was all the rage. California’s clean energy mandate was just 33 percent, and affordable home batteries were a … Continue reading From Keystone to Paris: Top 10 energy stories of 2015→
DTE Energy building two solar sites planned to be largest in Michigan LAPEER, MI – DTE Energy plans to build what would be Michigan’s largest solar array in Lapeer this spring, the company announced. DTE is billing the project as the largest utility-owned solar array east of the Mississippi River. About 9,000 average-sized homes will … Continue reading #DTE_Energy building two solar sites planned to be largest in #Michigan→
Google Will Be First Duke Energy Customer To Buy Solar Electricity Google has announced it will purchase renewable electricity from a 61 MW Duke Energy solar project that is under construction in North Carolina. The buy is meant to address some of the Google data center’s clean electricity demands. According to a press statement, Google … Continue reading #Google Will Be First #Duke_Energy Customer To Buy Solar Electricity→
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