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Solar Installer Survey Finds Overwhelming Support For Permanent ITC Extension

EnergySage and the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) have released the results of their fourth annual Solar Installer Survey, which captures key...

Hawaii’s New Ratepayer Protection Law A Boon For Solar, Says Sunrun

In a move being applauded by Sunrun, Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, has signed into law S.B.2939 (Act 005), which requires the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to create...

President Trump Signs Tax Bill With Solar ITC Intact

On Friday, President Donald Trump signed into law the comprehensive GOP tax reform bill, an overhaul of the federal tax code that left the U.S. solar...

Arizona Regulators Vote To End Net Metering

In a 4-1 decision, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) has decided to end the state’s net energy metering (NEM) program, which compensates distributed solar...

University And Hawaiian Electric Partner To Develop Green Tariff

The University of Hawaii (UH) and utility company Hawaiian Electric have committed to collaborate on development of a renewable energy initiative to help the university achieve...

Governments Launch Global Alliance To Phase Out Coal

A global alliance over more than 25 governments was launched today with a goal of ending the use of unabated coal and transitioning to...

Another U.S. Community Adopts 100% Renewables Goal

The Breckenridge, Colo., town council has unanimously approved a resolution committing the community to shift away from dirty fossil fuels and to transition to...

NARUC Adopts Resolution Urging Trade Rep To ‘Carefully Weigh’ Solar Case

Today, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the body that represents state public service commissioners in charge of regulating utilities across the...

California Utilities Are Exceeding State Renewable Energy Goals

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has released its annual Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) report showing that the program, which is one of the...

SEPA Asks For Feedback On Draft DERMS Standards

The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has released a draft comprehensive requirements document for distributed energy resources management systems (DERMS) and now welcomes review...

R.I. Power Sector Transformation Study Represents ‘A Big Step Forward’

The Northeast Clean Energy Council (NECEC) and Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) Institute have applauded the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, Division of Public Utilities and...

U.S. Leaders Determined To Meet Paris Agreement ‘With Or Without Washington’

Although the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement has left the U.S. as the only country in the world uncommitted to the global...

Energy Associations Continue Fight Against Proposed ‘Bailout’ Of Coal, Nuclear

On Tuesday, a diverse group of a dozen energy industry associations representing oil, natural gas, wind, solar, efficiency, and other energy technologies submitted reply...

Southern California Edison Lays Out Clean Energy Pathway

Southern California Edison (SCE) has introduced a new clean energy proposal, the Clean Power and Electrification Pathway, which the utility says will help California meet...

How Might The New Solar Trade Proposals Impact The Industry?

In light of the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) vote yesterday, which included recommendations for the introduction of trade duties and import quotas on crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV...

New York Updates Solar Guidebook For Local Governments

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has released a revised and updated version of the New York Solar Guidebook to...

U.S. Senators Introduce The Advancing Grid Storage Act

U.S. Sens. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., members of the Senate Energy Committee, have introduced what they deem a job-creating measure that...

New Jersey Regulators Initiate Solar Market Review

On Friday, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) directed staff to open a proceeding to review the state of the solar market...

Solar Advocates Praise Nevada PUC Decision

Solar advocates have praised the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) for issuing a key decision on Friday implementing the state’s new net energy...

U.S. Solar Mounting Manufacturers Unite Against Trade Case

As the solar industry anxiously waits to see how the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) rules in the Section 201 trade case, executives from 27 solar...

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