Great ITC News. Last week I asked for your help and you came through. Almost 1,000 solar companies signed on to an important letter showing that we, as an industry, support the ITC. Here is the complete list in case you are interested. More importantly, this is sending a huge message to members of Congress and our advocates will be able to leverage this. Get your marketing teams to send out a message to your representative and on your social media using the #DefendtheITC hashtag.
More Info On 201. Yesterday I spoke with SEIA about the letter I described about the meeting at with the Deputy US Trade Representative. The next event in the 201 process was a mid term review of the original tariff where the parties come together to lobby for changes, reductions or eliminations of the original impact. Trump has broad authority during this process to make other changes as well, which could include changes to exclusions. 201 is a seldom used trade tool and not all processes are clear to the participants but the common thought is that the mid term review sets up the next lobbying effort.
A Pod On SMART Solar. In this episode I speak with Michael Judge of the MA DOER about the SMART implementation. We talk about the issues that the program needs to resolve and where there have been successes. If you are active in the MA market, don’t miss this episode and while you are at it, leave a 5 star review!
Road Less Traveled, Won’t Travel. LADWP is on its way to get off coal. By 2025, the municipal power department will close the only remaining coal plant which sits in Utah and buy the output of a newly built natural gas plant. Not only is that a ridiculous financial move, I know for a fact that solar with storage would be faster and cheaper to replace this generation within existing LADWP transmission. For a City that touts the need for climate progress, the utility department still moves to the beat of the 1990’s.
- SolarWakeup Live: MA DOER’s Michael Judge On SMART’s Progress And Future of Solar In Mass
- Greentech Media: Georgia Power Ups Plan for Renewables and Storage After Local Stakeholder Push
- Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles is finally ditching coal — and replacing it with another polluting fuel
- Axios: Coal’s decline puts some communities in economic peril
- Renewable Energy World: Minnesota utilities weigh energy storage as substitute for peaker plants
- PV-Tech: Cubico reaches financial close for 100MW solar PV project in South Carolina
- GreenBiz: 10 questions for Cummins’ head of electrification
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Yann