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Unpacking California Solar Taxation: What To Know During Development
Development of solar projects in California has been spurred by California’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), which requires that 60% of retail electricity sales must...
Virginia Lays Out Carbon-Free Power Plan With Solar, Wind Targets
Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., has signed an executive order focused on bringing Virginia to carbon-free energy by 2050.
Executive Order No. 43 lays out Virginia’s...
California Proposes Actions To Address Grid Reliability, Low-Carbon Future
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has proposed new actions designed to address reliable electric service while ensuring that California continues to make progress...
California Enacts Bill To Extend Tax Protections For Rooftop Solar
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., has signed into law financial protections for consumer investments in rooftop solar.
The law, under A.B.1208, which was authored by Assemblymember...
California Law Exempts Homeowners From Solar Mandate After Disaster
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., has signed a bill that would temporarily exempt residential buildings from California's new solar mandate in the event of a...
CT Executive Order Promotes Zero-Carbon Energy Transition
Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Conn., has signed an executive order promoting a transition to clean energy in Connecticut.
Specifically, Executive Order No. 3 directs the state's...
FMPA Coordinating Campaign To Raise Florida Utilities’ Fixed Fees And Block Solar
The Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) is waging a campaign to increase monthly fixed fees to as high as $50 in an attempt to...
BLM OKs Components Of Dodge Flat Solar Energy Center
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved the construction of facilities related to the proposed Dodge Flat Solar...
New Partnership Seeks To Increase Solar Access In Chicago’s South Side
Blacks in Green (BIG), an environmental economic development organization designed to tackle pollution and poverty, has announced a new partnership with Sunrun.
The partners...
SEIA Adds Alabama To Network Of Regional Partners
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has welcomed the Alabama Solar Industry Association (AlaSIA) as a new SEIA state affiliate.
According to SEIA, the new...
Maryland Dept. Of Environment Rejects Pair Of Solar Projects
Citing water quality concerns, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has denied the approval of two Origis Energy solar projects in Charles County....
Sedgwick County Approves Solar And Wind Restrictions
The board of Sedgwick County, Kan., commissioners has approved new restrictions on wind and solar facilities.
The board approved amendments to the Community Investments...
Illinois Governor Signs Bill Allowing State To Create GHG Restrictions
Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill., has signed into law a bill that repeals the Kyoto Protocol Act of 1998, which has prohibited the state from...
Wisconsin Targets 100% Carbon-Free Electricity
Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wis., has signed Executive Order No. 38, which focuses on achieving 100% carbon-free electricity in Wisconsin.
The order calls on the...
States Increasingly Taking Actions On Grid Modernization
Forty-four states, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, took actions related to grid modernization in the second quarter of the...
Maryland Launches Governor’s Task Force On Solar, Wind Siting
Gov. Larry Hogan, R-Md., has signed Executive Order 01.01.2019.09, establishing the Governor’s Task Force on Renewable Energy Development and Siting, which will work to develop consensus-based...
New Jersey Proposes Amended SREC Program
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has proposed a rule to amend its solar renewable energy certificate (SREC) program.
The rule proposal...
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down California ReMAT In Winding Creek Solar Case
On July 29, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s decision in Winding Creek Solar LLC v. Peterman et al., ruling...
Another Florida City Targets 100% Clean Energy
The city council of Satellite Beach, Fla., has unanimously passed a resolution committing the city to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy for the...
New Texas Tax Law A Boon For Renewable Energy Development
Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, recently signed into law H.B.3143, which will extend the life of the Chapter 312 abatement program in Texas. This will...