New Pod. See and hear my interview with Axios Reporter, Amy Harder. Amy is the author of the column, Harder Line which covers all the most relevant energy topics. She’s not a focused solar reporter and wasn’t afraid to give the feedback to the solar industry we need to hear. I asked her if the job data matters to politicians, what is going on with the coal tax credit and if the Goldman Sachs contingent in the White House would help solar in the trade case. Listen or watch the interview by clicking here and sharing it far and wide!
FERC Takes No From NOPR. You’ve probably already seen the headline and good news is that nothing will change. Nobody really knew how it would have played out if FERC went with the NOPR. On the other hand you can see how we want to cover the news over at SolarWakeup. When I read articles, I tend to get the first paragraph and move you. You aren’t much different from how you click on stories, especially when I summarize them. Everyone has a short circuit on patience to read even 300 words. I would love your feedback on the SolarWakeup View format.
Storage Data Nonsense. Solar and storage are different. Solar is easy to simply to per watt/per acre/per kWh and compare and contrast. Solar plus storage is completely different. The number of hours, cycle utilization, ratio to size of solar plant are just some of the variables that change the kWh rate. There will never be a cheapest storage cost equivalent to the cheapest solar cost headline. Reporters that don’t get this will keep writing it but nonetheless don’t buy into the simplicity that it intends to create. Storage is complicated because it is.
Two Weeks Out. SEIA sent a message out yesterday to its membership that it had met with the Trade Representative and senior White House advisors. All reporting is making it sound like a decision is coming soon, maybe before the January 26th deadline. Some have asked what happens if no decision is made by the deadline and I don’t have the answer to that.
Cost of Inaction. The cost of natural disasters is rising. Inaction is costly.
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Yann