The 201 Petition Is The Fatal Flaw. Not only was the 201 petition a bad idea it was apparently written poorly. When GTM spoke with trade lawyers, the minimum price wasn’t clearly $0.78/watt but perhaps $1.18/watt instead. Suniva didn’t like that approach and instead of admitting that either scenario hurts Americans, they called GTM bad journalists. I think that Suniva is just bad at business and think that they should withdraw their petition.
What Cities Should Do. Many mayors are leading the fight against climate change. Instead of policies, speeches or rhetoric, mayors can do a very specific thing. Most of them have a franchise agreement with a utility, a monopoly in many instances. Take that agreement and rip it up and go to the negotiating table. You control the customers for the utility and you can make sure that renewable energy is going into your neighborhood. If you don’t like what they are doing then join a coop or municipal power association.
The Blame Game. If you need a good source of info to counter your friends on facebook about how solar isn’t hurting the grid, take a look at this article. This report has been hyped up in my opinion but I do find it interesting that all of a sudden federal government needs to tell states what to do. Hypocrisy in action.
- PV-Magazine: ‘Fatal flaw’- Suniva demands GTM retract ‘inaccurate report’
- EDF: How cities are using clean energy commitments to prosper
- Greentech Media: The Rising Tide of Evidence Against Blaming Wind and Solar for Grid Instability
- Rocky Mountain Institute: Do You Really Know Where Your Electricity Is Coming From?
- Renewable Energy World: CEO – US Solar Trade Case is a Job Killer
- Bangor Daily News: Solar energy compromise heads to LePage with enough support to withstand veto
- West Hartford News: Shared solar struggles in Connecticut
- Seeking Alpha: First Solar, SunPower Shareholders Need To Put This On Their Radar
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Have a great day!
Yann