Granholm Has Thoughts. One of the OG solar governors, Governor turned Secretary Granholm says that Congress should pass the permit reform bill now and to hesitate playing the, let’s see what else we can get game.
NXT Earnings. Nextpower reported earnings yesterday, alongside General and Google, for issues relevant to our market. They had strong execution, as they usually do for reasons I explain in the Daily Brief. Their claim is that 20% of their bookings are now non-tracker, i.e. eBos and storage. They don’t expand on bookings but stated on the call that it was ‘well over 1x’. Stock is up slightly after hours.
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- Axios: Granholm’s permitting warning to Trump and fellow Democrats
- PV-Tech: Inverter market Q3 2026: Capacity surges, FCC ban reshapes trade and Chinese bankability scores slide
- PV-Magazine: Lunar Energy says it saved California customers a ton of money this summer
- Heatmap News: The West Invented the Electrolyzer. China Is Building the Industry.
- BBC: ‘It’s offensively cheap’ – How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear
- Utility Dive: FERC approves tougher MISO penalties for nonperforming demand-side resources
- Reuters: India’s Waaree bets on US solar boom, expands local sourcing on data-centre growth
- Energy Storage News: India has 5.3GWh of operational BESS, with 185GWh under development, CEA official says
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