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Wash. Clean Energy Grants Will Help Utilities Test New Tech

Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., has announced $12.6 million in state Clean Energy Fund grants to five utilities in Washington. “With these awards, our leading utilities will demonstrate...

New Massachusetts Law Bodes Well For Energy Storage

On Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker, R-Mass., signed into law a bill to further diversify Massachusetts’ power mix with clean energy resources. Although it focuses...

Nevada Supreme Court Denies Solar NEM Referendum

Solar advocates’ efforts to reverse controversial net energy metering (NEM) rules were dealt a major blow on Thursday, after the Nevada Supreme Court rejected...

Report: U.K. Lost One-Third Of Solar Jobs As Policies Shifted

As various reports continue to underscore the importance of solar-friendly policies in the U.S., a startling analysis from across the pond reveals one-third of U.K....

D.C. Renewables Legislation Includes Solar Focus

Washington, D.C., has taken another major step toward climate action, as the District of Columbia City Council unanimously approved legislation to expand the city’s...

Can YOU Get The U.S. Presidential Candidates To Go Solar?

Sungevity Inc., which says its “Globama Campaign” helped get solar panels put on the White House in 2014, is at it again – this...

Calif. Regulator Calls New Interconnection Model A ‘Win-Win-Win’

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted a new model and five-year pilot process meant to speed interconnection of renewable and distributed energy resources to...

Montana Governor Releases Energy Blueprint With Solar Goals

Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Mont., has announced a new blueprint for Montana’s energy future. It calls for a “balanced and responsible energy future in Montana”...

Colorado Solar Advocates Protest Utility Rate Proposal

Editor’s note: This item has been updated to include comments from Xcel Energy. On Thursday, dozens of Colorado solar energy workers, customers and advocates gathered...

Environment America Plans Public-Education Campaign On 100% Renewables

Environment America Research & Policy Center says it will deploy hundreds of door-knockers this summer in a multimillion-dollar effort to educate Americans about the possibility of...

Groups Call On N.Y. Regulators To ‘Put Community Solar Back On Track’

A coalition of solar industry stakeholders says it has called on the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) to put the state’s stalled Community Distributed Generation...

U.S. Senators Put Spotlight On Solar Industry’s Growth

On Monday, U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Cory Gardner, R-Colo., both members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, introduced a resolution highlighting...

Salt Lake City To Double Municipal Solar Power

After signing up for a utility-sponsored program, Salt Lake City will double its current amount of municipal solar power. Mayor Jackie Biskupski says that, through Rocky Mountain...

Santa Monica Mandates Rooftop Solar On New Buildings

San Francisco recently made headlines for establishing an ordinance requiring solar installations on new buildings, and now, yet another California city has passed similar legislation. The Santa...

State Lawmakers Eye Bigger Renewable Portfolio Standards

State renewable portfolio standards (RPS), which require utilities to source a certain percentage of their power load from renewables, have served as some of...

Goodbye, Coal: Oregon Passes Ambitious Renewables Mandate

The Oregon Legislature has passed a bill to significantly increase the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) for the state’s two largest utilities to 50% by...
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Nevada Regulators Deny Solar NEM Grandfathering Proposal

On Feb. 12, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) rejected pleas from solar industry stakeholders and local residents to grandfather in existing solar...

NV Energy Proposes Grandfathering In Nevada Solar Net-Metering Customers

As solar companies and advocates keep fighting against recent changes to net-metering rules in Nevada, utility NV Energy is now proposing to allow existing...

N.H. Solar Installer Cuts Jobs While Lawmakers Grapple With Net-Metering Cap

The controversy in Nevada is making headlines – and rightfully so – but solar companies in that state aren’t the only ones suffering from uncertainty regarding...

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