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Solar Groups Welcome Improvements To Mass. SMART Program

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has released its final version of the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program regulations. Initially proposed earlier this year,...

Solectria CEO: Trade Case Could Bring Widespread Damage To U.S. Solar Industry

Editor’s note: With a hearing at the U.S. International Trade Commission set for next week, James D. Worden, CEO of U.S. inverter supplier Yaskawa...

Federal Court Extends Suspension Of Clean Power Plan Case

On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit announced that long-pending litigation over the Clean Power Plan (CPP), an...

N.Y. Communities Benefit From Expansion Of Solarize Campaigns

On Thursday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y.,announced that 850 solar projects have been installed or are in development in communities across New York through the...

Another Pro-Solar Bill Dies In Maine

For the second consecutive time, Maine state lawmakers narrowly failed to override the governor’s veto of compromise legislation meant to help boost rooftop solar. The...

Court Ruling Affirms States’ Authority On Renewable Energy Policy

States’ authority to enact clean energy policy was significantly bolstered last week in an important federal district court decision. The U.S. District Court for the...

Regulators Approve Hawaiian Electric’s Roadmap To 100% Renewables

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has accepted utility company Hawaiian Electric’s plan charting near-term actions leading to 100% renewable energy by 2045. The Power Supply Improvement...

Industry Groups Praise Oregon’s Move Toward Community Solar

On Thursday, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) adopted community solar rules that solar advocates say will bring the state one step closer to...

City Of Edmonds Establishes 100% Renewables Goal

The Edmonds, Wash., City Council has approved a resolution establishing a community-wide goal of transitioning to 100% renewable energy by 2025. According to the Sierra...

New Hampshire Shines In Solar Compromise

The grid is changing. It is decentralizing, becoming two-way, and is increasingly a platform for consumer empowerment and innovation, yielding efficiencies for all grid...

New York State Makes Big Renewable Energy Push

In light of President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the Clean Climate...

Seattle City Light Offers ‘Green Up’ Grants For Community Projects

Seattle City Light has announced the public utility will support renewable energy projects and education at Seattle-area schools, public institutions and nonprofit organizations with...

SolarWorld Americas Joins Suniva Trade Case

Shortly after the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) decided to move forward with an investigation into Suniva’s controversial trade petition, SolarWorld Americas Inc. has announced it filed with...

Fla. Legislature Green-Lights Pro-Solar Amendment 4

On Thursday, the Florida legislature officially approved a bill to implement the pro-solar Amendment 4, which voters overwhelmingly passed with 73% of the vote on the...

Chicago To Switch Public Buildings To 100% Renewable Energy

On Sunday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a commitment to transition the city’s hundreds of municipal buildings to 100% renewable energy by 2025. According to...

Two More U.S. Cities Go All-In With Renewables

A total of 25 U.S. cities have now committed to fully transition to renewable energy, following city council votes on Tuesday establishing 100% renewable...

Nevada Legislators Introduce Community Solar Bill

Democratic state senators in Nevada have introduced S.B.392, a bill that aims to expand solar energy access to more Nevada residents, particularly renters and low-income...

Trump’s Budget Proposals Will Slice EPA Spending By One-Third

Clean energy and environmental advocacy groups are speaking out against the Trump administration’s newly released 2018 budget proposals for discretionary spending – which, among...

Energy Stakeholders React To Perry’s Confirmation As DOE Secretary

In a vote of 62-37, the U.S. Senate has confirmed former Texas Gov. Rick Perry as the 14th secretary of the U.S. Department of...

Solar Advocates And APS Reach Major Settlement Agreement In Arizona

Proving yet again that compromise does, in fact, work, Arizona’s largest electric utility and solar advocacy groups have reached a major settlement agreement that lays to...

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