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Did you know that Massachusetts is one of our nation’s solar powerhouses? In the last year alone, the state more than doubled the amount electricity it gets from sunshine. In fact, 100% of all new...
View ArticleSmall Steps on the Long Road to Raising the Louisiana Net Metering Cap
Louisiana just moved one step closer to addressing one of the state’s major barriers to individual solar adoption; the state’s super uber small net metering cap. Louisiana currently caps net metering...
View ArticleRelease: Supermajority of Louisiana voters support net metering
Press contacts: Rosalind Jackson, Vote Solar – 415-817-5061, Rosalind@votesolar.org Forest Wright, Alliance for Affordable Energy – 504-208-7597, forest@all4energy.org Advocates Urge PSC Action to...
View ArticleMN Value of Solar Process Confirms that Net Metering is A Fair Deal
Last week the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved a first-ever statewide value of solar methodology. Some are proposing that this process be more widely used to establish Value of Solar...
View ArticleMeet Our 2014 Utility Solar Champion: Vermont’s Green Mountain Power
At last week’s Equinox celebration, we named Green Mountain Power (GMP) our 2014 Utility Solar Champion. We were thrilled to have President and CEO Mary Powell join us in person to receive the award...
View ArticleThunderclap for Colorado Solar Rights
As we reported in late January, thanks to a tremendous outpouring of public solar support last year, the Colorado’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) agreed to pull Xcel’s attacks on net metering out of...
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California Decision Creates Certainty for Solar Customers
A decision from the California PUC today brought some welcome certainty to solar customers in the state. As you’ll recall, legislation passed last year, AB 327, removed a looming net metering...
View ArticleHonoring Solar Champion Governor Brown
We were proud to honor California’s Governor Jerry Brown as one of our Solar Champions at this year’s Equinox celebration and fundraiser. We give these annual awards to recognize outstanding efforts to...
View ArticleVermont expands net metering program with utility support
Vermont just became the latest state to score a big win for net metering and customer-sited solar – but the Green Mountain State’s distinctly collaborative and positive policy process sets this victory...
View ArticleDuke Energy, bad headlines, and the public good
It’s been a bad news kind of week for Duke Energy. First, several major investors in the utility – which is the largest electric power holding company in the United States - urged fellow shareholders...
View ArticleOklahoma Utilities Aim to Tax the Sun
Yesterday, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed SB 1456 into law, a utility-backed bill that could give Oklahoma utilities carte blanche to slap new fees on rooftop solar customers or small wind...
View ArticleCalifornia PUC Kicks off Big Debate on the Future of Net Metering
The future of rooftop solar in California was front and center yesterday at the California PUC’s first workshop on the design of the expanded net metering program. Following a strong recent decision...
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A Bright Future for Solar in the Bay State
Long a national leader on clean energy policy, Massachusetts is close to raising the bar when it comes to solar, with a legislative package that would dramatically expand access to solar energy in the...
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Score One for Energy Independence in California: Record Rooftop Solar Growth...
Just in time for Fourth of July, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has released a report showing that more Californians are declaring energy independence from fossil power. The CPUC’s...
View ArticlePUCN Study: Rooftop Solar is a Cost-Saver for NV Energy
Today we are applauding the results of a study from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN), which found that rooftop solar and other small clean energy systems installed through 2016 will...
View ArticleLouisiana Commission Stacks the Deck Against Solar
The Louisiana Public Service Commission just stacked the deck against more solar energy in Louisiana. In a move that favors entrenched fossil fuel interests, the Commission selected a consultant –...
View ArticleAggregate net metering a reality for all three California IOUs
Sometimes a single energy customer has multiple neighboring electricity meters. Farmers, for example, might have water pumping stations on more than one parcel of land. For a number of reasons, it...
View ArticleStanding Room Only as CO Net Metering Review Kicks Off
Earlier this year Colorado utility regulators rejected a proposal from Xcel Energy to weaken the state’s solar net metering program outright, instead calling for an open stakeholder discussion before...
View Article“Solar Tax” on the Table in Utah General Rate Case
I spent part of this week in Utah, where the major utility has proposed a discriminatory fee for net metered solar customers as part of its General Rate Case – or GRC. GRCs are typically complicated...
View ArticleMassachusetts’ lawmakers raise the net metering cap in the final hour
After a last push to pass comprehensive solar legislation last week, Massachusetts lawmakers worked into the wee hours of the morning on the final day of session to instead pass S.2214, a bill that’s...
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