Have a great weekend. Make sure to start planning for SPI!
I Hardly Even Knew You. I doubt the paint is dry on the solar offices after the net metering legislation was passed. In ‘complying’ with the legislation, NV Energy is essentially trying to undo the intent of the language. Now the procedure sits in regulators’ hands instead of the politicians elected by the people.
Go West. Not that residential customers choose where to put solar since they tend to put it anywhere the sun shines but this Missouri utility is being proactive with this incentive.
Ten Years of Nostalgia. My university commencement speaker was Al Gore. After a quick store about stopping at Shoney’s, the Vice President and popular vote winner talked about climate change. It was important and it was coming. Fast forward over a decade and I have spent my career in solar and walked through flooded Miami streets last weekend. Don’t get me wrong, I believe in the business of solar to make money, but making money without creating a greater good seems pointless to me. Getting cities to be educated about becoming buyers is as important as anything we can do right now.
- PV-Magazine: The empire strikes back – NV Energy uses net metering revival to change rates
- Midwest Energy News: To solve ‘duck curve,’ Missouri utility to pay bonus for west-facing solar panels
- Scientific American: Al Gore Says Climate’s Best Hope Lies in Cities and Solar Power
- Greentech Media: GE Digital Gas Plants vs. Utility-Scale Batteries
- CleanTechnica: Monopoly Un-Managed? Utility Tries to Dodge Oversight of Spendy Proposed Gas Plant
- PV-Tech: Gigawatts of subsidy-free solar farms being planned for UK market rebound
- Charlotte Observer: Duke Energy’s new nuke plant may never be built. It could still cost customers $500M.
- Utility Dive: Maine lawmakers fail to override governor’s veto of solar bill
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Have a great day!
Yann