Looking At Colleges. Colleges still represent the most untapped off taker portfolio in the solar market today. As a group, they have the largest combination of energy consumption and bankable credit. College institutions also have a will to be 100% renewable and now is time for the solar industry to solve this problem for them. There have been examples of how this has worked, see Stanford and Hopkins, but I’d love to hear other ways that you’re solving this market opportunity.
Newsom Speaks Out. Here is the twitter thread from the California Governor on PG&E. This is the strongest statement thus far but falls short from calling for something specific, likely due to the process that the CPUC must enter into as the regulatory body where his demands may come out.
RWE Setting The Stage. RWE clearly doesn’t want out of its coal plants ahead of schedule. This doesn’t really mean they don’t want to close them, it just means that they want something in return for closing them ahead of time. Shareholders strike again…
CALSSA Auction Dinner. Join me on Friday night in Berkeley for the annual auction dinner hosted by CALSSA. This raises funds to keep the largest market in the US running which is key for most of you. Get your tickets here
Vote Solar Equinox DC. One week later on October 24th, join me in DC for Vote Solar Equinox DC. There will be some amazing speakers, as always, and help Vote Solar raise funds to keep markets open all over America. If you don’t think funding this event is for you, the beverage sponsor for Equinox DC is Vinyasun, a local Florida installer. Justin Hoysradt understands that funding policy means more business opportunity for his small business. If you donate, sponsor or buy $1,000 worth of tickets, you get to write a paragraph for this newsletter. Send me the receipt to get the reward. If you’re more interested in a $100,000 donation, hit reply and I’ll make the appropriate introduction.
- Utility Dive: Plugging In – Colleges seek partners to help reach energy goals
- Bloomberg: RWE Will Resist Pressure for Quicker Shutdown of Coal Capacity
- Axios: Renewable energy outpaces fossil fuels in U.K. for first time since 1800s
- Yale: How power purchase agreements can help wind and solar get on the grid
- Renew Economy: AEMC proposes complex new market signals for wind and solar networks
- PV-Magazine: Solar + storage to survive disasters
- Los Angeles Times: Lithium will fuel the clean energy boom. This company may have a breakthrough
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Best, Yann