This is your SolarWakeup for August 25th, 2017

Enjoy your weekend ahead. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite location for the first SolarWakeup Live!, today is the last day to vote.

The Grid Study Is Here. After months and a leaked draft report, the DOE’s study on the value of baseload power is here. I have gone through the first few chapters and read a lot about the need for resilience and that price cannot be viewed in a silo without valuing resilience. Basically the report talks a lot about the need for baseload power which I read that solar is cheaper but without resilience it’s worthless. I’ll be studying this in greater detail and plan on having some experts on next week’s podcast.

A Few Comments On Editing. I know Secretary Perry isn’t a nuclear physicist nor a nobel prize winner but the letter from any Secretary of Energy should have a bare minimum of professionalism. First, don’t copy and paste the Department’s logo without a transparent background and make sure to crops the borders of the logo with a bit of symmetry. Lastly, the first thing my kids are taught in kindergarten is how to write their name. Capital letters first and lower case following, I don’t understand what Rick PeRRy is thinking. Will one of our SunShot friends please email the Secretary’s office a digital letterhead. Please.

California Goes To Rush Hour. The solar trade groups simultaneously slammed the CPUC decision to move the peak times to 4pm to 9pm with an early grandfather deadline. I admit that I am not used to things in California going against the solar agenda. More to come on this, I am sure.

Opinion

Have a great day!

Yann