State & Local Policy

New Collaborative Helps States Reach Clean Energy Goals

The nonprofit Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) has launched the 100% Clean Energy Collaborative, a new initiative to provide critical information-sharing and knowledge-transfer among...

NYSERDA Selects Future Grid Challenge Winners

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded five winning teams under the first two rounds of the Future Grid...

NJBPU Touts Record-Setting Year for Solar Installations

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) says 2019 was a record-breaking year for New Jersey’s solar energy program, with the most solar...

SEIA, Wood Mackenzie: Solar Accounts for 40 Percent of New U.S. Generating Capacity in...

According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2019 Year-in-Review report, released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, solar accounted for...

Solar-Log, Kitu Offer Rule 21 Solutions in California

Solar-Log, an energy monitoring and management company, and Kitu Systems Inc. are collaborating to offer solar plant monitoring, control and communication solutions that meet...

Cuomo Unveils Details for 17 Large-Scale Solar Projects

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has unveiled the details of the awards for 21 large-scale solar, wind and energy storage projects across upstate New York,...

Utility-Scale Solar Survives in South Carolina

South Carolina’s 2019 Energy Freedom Act breathed a new hope for distributed solar in a state that recently maxed-out its net metering cap. And...

IEA Secures 20 MW Solar Construction Project Award in Indiana

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc. (IEA), an infrastructure construction company with specialized energy and heavy civil knowledge, has been awarded a 20 MW AC...

Washington State Passes Bill to Update Solar Recycling

The Washington State House and Senate have passed a bill that will update the state’s solar recycling policy.  This bill will inform the final design...

Breckenridge, Pivot Energy Partner to Mitigate Climate Change

The Town of Breckenridge has signed an agreement with Colorado's largest community solar developer, Pivot Energy, to subscribe to 3.6 MW of community solar...

Two Community Solar Farms Electrify New York’s Hudson Valley

Solstice Power Technologies and ForeFront Power say two community solar farms in Orange and Ulster counties, N.Y., have turned on for customers of Orange...

Virginia Senate Adopts Clean Economy Act

Advanced Energy Economy, a national association of businesses that are focused on making energy secure, clean and affordable, is supportive of the Virginia Senate...

New Facility Supports Provider of Low-Income Residential Solar

PosiGen, a residential solar, energy efficiency and energy education provider for low-to-moderate-income families, has revealed a new debt facility originated by the Ares Infrastructure...

Berkeley Lab Releases Income Trends Report on Rooftop Solar Adopters

Berkeley Lab, a company that tracks and analyzes solar-adopter demographic characteristics, has released a report describing income trends among single-family residential solar adopters.  The annual...

Florida PSC Approves Settlement Agreement for SolarTogether

The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a settlement agreement for Florida Power & Light Co.’s (FPL) community solar program SolarTogether. FPL, Southern Alliance...

Construction Begins on Westlands Solar Park

CIM Group says it is advancing the development of Westlands Solar Park (WSP), a development that could produce more than 2,700 MW of renewable...

RPCS, Total Power Strengthen Solar Partnership in Arkansas

RP Construction Services Inc. (RPCS), a solar tracker project design, engineering and installation subcontractor based in Monterey, Calif., says it has strengthened its partnership...

Cuomo Proposes Amendment to Streamline Renewable Energy Projects

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo says he is advancing a 30-day budget amendment to speed up the permitting and construction of renewable energy projects, combat...

Green Bank’s Solar MAP Eases Solar Transition

The Connecticut Green Bank is making it easier for municipalities to access renewable energy and achieve energy savings at their buildings through the Solar...

AC Power Awarded New Jersey Community Solar Projects

AC Power has been awarded three of the 45 projects selected to participate in the first year of the New Jersey Community Solar Pilot...

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