Assume for the moment that over the next few years, that utilities and solar come together and negotiate something in the center. Something between full retail rate net metering and no net metering at all. You could foresee something along the lines of a minimum bill, time of use pricing and non-bypassable charges. NARUC, the association of regulatory commissioners, is writing a manual about good rate design. I’d be interested to see the lobbying and education that the solar sector is doing for this manual. Not because it will become ‘law’ but because things like this can be used as tool if the manual is particularly friendly to incumbents. What I am trying to say is that little things matter and the foreseeable future requires that we lead on crafting the tools going forward.
- EDF: The Process Priority – Inspiring Good Rate Design for Our Modernizing Grid
- Vox: Neither Trump nor Clinton is pushing a carbon tax. That does not make them the same.
- Electrek: Will TeslaSolar continue to outsource brain of its solar systems – inverter – or develop in house?
- PV-Magazine: Nevada solar installers call out NV Energy for inconsistency on grandfathering
- CleanTechnica: Sunrun (A Top Solar Installer) – Tesla’s SolarCity Acquisition = Sweet Deal For Tesla
- Rocky Mountain Institute: Small Steps and a Giant Leap for DERs in Low-Income Communities
- Forbes: 4 Things You Need To Know About China’s Record Solar Installations (They Aren’t All Pretty)
- PV-Tech: Brazil cancels 2016’s first solar auction and delays second
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Have a great day!
Yann