Regulator Talks Policy and Climate Change. Here is the first of the conversations from our sold out event in New Jersey with the President of the BPU, Joseph Fiordaliso. In a conversation that was expected to focus on the regulatory activity in New Jersey (They are busy, and hiring), President Fiordaliso threw me a curveball by speaking in great detail about the reasons behind the important work he is undertaking, climate change. Moreover, he provides some feedback to the folks at DOE and FERC trying to prop up coal and nuclear power plants. Listen to the entire conversation here or on your favorite podcast streaming app.
Q&A With Governor Inslee. The Governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, is proposing a 100% RPS by 2045 and sees it as a legislative priority for the next legislative session. Frank had the opportunity to get some of the most relevant questions answered about the latest initiative to go 100% renewable.
Big Day For Big Name. 8minuteenergy is one of the most well known names in solar development. From the day I started in solar, 8minute was out in California developing these unfathomably large solar projects. As the company puts together a new $200million fund with JP Morgan, I’d like to congratulate Martin Hermann for exiting from the company. His partner announced over the weekend that Martin has been bought out. When people ask me what I wish I’d done in 2006 when I entered solar, I look back at the things Martin was saying at solar conferences because he was more right than anyone else.
Opening Energy Storage. FERC is receiving the filings from grid operators about the Order 841 filed early this year. ISOs and RTOs had to file their plans to implement the order which asked for the enablement of market participation by energy storage systems. More work needs to be done but you can see how this plays out over the next few years.
Explorer, Escalade. Yes, an electric Ford Explorer would be great. Yes, I know that GM doesn’t own Ford. Yes, I got it wrong yesterday, I am sorry! I am glad to see many of you reading the column emailed me to point out my error. I would recommend GM to make an electric Escalade or Tahoe though!
- SolarWakeup Live: NJ BPU President Fiordaliso Talks About Climate Change and NJ Clean Energy Policy Implementation
- SolarWakeup: Q&A – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Aims For 100% Clean Electricity By 2045
- PV-Tech: 8minutenergy, JP Morgan & Upper Bay enter into JV for over US$200 million in equity capital
- Utility Dive: As grid operators file FERC Order 841 plans, storage floodgates open slowly
- SolarWakeup: Dusty Baker Wants To Diversify The Solar Industry Just Like SEIA
- Power Engineering: Texas Co-op upping Solar Farm Procurement to 50-plus MW
- GreenBiz: An experiment in vehicle-to-microgrid integration
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Have a great day!
Yann