State & Local Policy

Sunrun Signs With California CCAs to Utilize Local Clean Power

Sunrun Inc., a residential solar, battery storage and energy services company, has signed three new agreements with community energy suppliers in the Bay Area...

NYPSC Extends Net Metering for Solar Customers Due to COVID

The New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) has signaled that it will extend net metering through January 2022 for current customers based on the...

GRID IE Breaks Ground on Community Solar Project

GRID IE, a subsidiary of GRID Alternatives, has been awarded a $2.05 million grant under the California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD)...

DTE Electric’s New Renewables Plan Approved by MPSC

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has approved DTE Electric Co.’s amended renewable energy plan (Case No. U-18232), expanding the company’s portfolio of wind...

Duke Energy Florida Files Proposed CEC Program

Duke Energy Florida (DEF) has filed a proposed new Clean Energy Connection (CEC) Program with the Florida Public Service Commission. The announcement is the...

NYPA, City of New York Issue RFP for Rooftop Solar Arrays

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) and the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) have unveiled plans for the installation of...

Local Governments Advance Clean Energy Transition

As of March, local governments have signed 335 deals to procure a total of 8.28 GW of renewable energy over the last five years...

TVA Gives Green Light to LPC Energy Generation

The Tennessee Valley Authority says an environmental assessment determined a Finding of No Significant Impact that will green-light most local power companies (LPCs) across...

Xcel Energy Proposes Minnesota Clean Energy Investments

Xcel Energy, a company that delivers clean energy solutions from a variety of renewable sources, has proposed one of the largest packages of energy...

CCSA: Massachusetts Solar Regulations Would Cancel Clean Energy Projects

New clean energy regulations in Massachusetts could have the unintended consequence of canceling nearly 80 solar energy projects at a time when COVID-19 is...

Opportunity for Solar to Dot the Coalfields of Southwest Virginia

The coal mining industry has been declining for decades in the far southwestern corner of Virginia, a trend made even worse of late due...

NorthWestern Seeking Renewable Generation RFPs in Montana

NorthWestern Energy has issued a Community Renewable Energy Project (CREP) request for proposals (RFP) seeking additional small renewable generation owned or developed by Montana...

Dane County Regional Airport Solar Project Receives Regulatory Approval

Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) has received approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin for an agreement to partner with Dane County on...

Philadelphia Reopens Solarize Philly Program

The Philadelphia Energy Authority (PEA) has reopened Solarize Philly, a program to help all Philadelphians go solar.  Solarize Philly is the nation's largest program of...

SPI Energy Acquires Cork Solar Project

SPI Energy Co. Ltd., a global provider of green energy solutions for business, residential, government and utility customers and investors, has acquired the Cork...

SEIA’s National Affiliate Network Adds RENEW Wisconsin

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the U.S. solar energy industry, says RENEW Wisconsin is now a formal SEIA...

Mass. DOER Adds 1,600 MW to SMART

Vote Solar and community-based solar advocates have commended the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) for the new regulations put in place by the...

Northam Signs the Virginia Clean Economy Act

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). The act passed in the state senate and the house of delegates in...

NJBPU to Close State’s SREC Registration Program

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has directed its staff to close the state’s Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) Registration Program, effective...

New York Passes Accelerated Renewable Energy Act

New legislation in New York will speed up the siting and construction of clean energy projects to combat climate change and help the state’s...

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