Let Mayors Help You. Mayors want to do big things because at the city level, big doesn’t take a lot. I’ve passed plenty of policy through the local council and that is where the solar industry should go more often. Let’s get some bright minds in solar together and draft the resolutions that are important in a State, take those resolutions and put them in your hands so that you can show it to your Mayor. Overnight, we’d be on the agenda for hundreds of municipalities and doing some important work at the local level. Solar permitting perhaps?
Be Aware Of Bad Solar. Florida will be ground zero for this, plenty of people want to make money overnight. Having spent the past 4 months talking to installers across the Country, I share their frustration about bad actors in solar because homeowners always call the right contractor after something has gone wrong. I don’t say this with bias, but you can tell a lot about a contractor by what type of solar mounting hardware they use.
Let’s Make A Deal. Will folks in Arizona make a deal around an RPS type structure? I am surprised at the headline given how handily APS won the ballot amendment, I would have thought they would be entrenched in doing nothing.
Alanis Would Be Proud. The irony is thick as the oil coming out of the ground. But when the land is available and the sun is shining, why not use solar energy to pull dead dinosaurs from the ground. Obviously add some energy storage to ensure top notch power quality and your solar power oil pump is ready to go!
Here We Go Again. Initial reports are coming in about the cause of the Camp Fire in Paradise, CA. The fire that has claimed more than 8,500 homes and 250 businesses. It has burned over 110,000 acres and is the deadliest fire in California history. According to those reports, power lines could be the reason that the fire initially started, a topic that was loudly debated in the California legislature this summer.
- SolarWakeup: More Than 200 Mayors Join Group’s Efforts To Support Solar Energy
- NBC: St. Petersburg family pays $40,000 for solar panels, still stuck with high electric bill
- Utility Dive: APS spent millions defeating Prop 127. Is a clean energy compromise ahead?
- CNBC: Oilfield in Oman set to get a solar plant to aid its crude production
- Think Progress: California’s electric utilities under investigation for starting deadly wildfires
- SolarWakeup: Canadian Solar Is Betting On Bifacial Modules In U.S. Market
- Greentech Media: Solar Loans Emerge as the Dominant Residential Financing Product
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Have a great day!
Yann