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Solar ITC Legislation Passes In The U.S. Senate

Yesterday, the U.S. Senate broke a longstanding partisan stalemate and passed - by a vote of 93 to 2 - amendments to the...

Best Chance Yet For Solar ITC Extension

Against heavy odds, U.S. Senate Democratic and Republican leadership - including Sens. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Harry Reid, D-Nev., John Ensign,...

South Carolina PSC Allows Solar Net Metering

The South Carolina Public Service Commission (PSC) has released a directive enabling solar-electric system owners to use net metering to offset their energy...

Solar ITC Extension Gets Hung Up In The Senate

For the eighth time since last June, the U.S. Senate has failed to extend the solar investment tax credit (ITC), which is set...

Bureau Of Land Management Backpedals On Solar Moratorium

Just weeks after issuing a moratorium on new solar projects located on public land, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has reversed its...

Solar ITC Legislation Passes Senate

U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and John Ensign, D-Nev., successfully latched their Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008 onto housing legislation that...

Solar ITC Legislation On Tap In The Senate

U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., John Ensign, D-Nev., and 21 Senate co-sponsors have introduced The Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008, which...

Polysilicon-Production Waste Unacceptable To Solar Industry

The solar industry is responding to a recent article in The Washington Post that examines the environmental hazards posed by silicon tetrachloride -...

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