This episode is sponsored by Conductive Capital, a distributed generation platform with tax efficient capital. In this episode we speak to Danny Kennedy, managing director of CALCEF (calcef.org) and President of CalCharge. Danny has gone from activist to entrepreneur and now investor, fighting for a clean energy future for many decades. CALCEF is the fund that is deploying early stage dollars into clean energy startups in a time when working with early stage companies could not be more important. We talk about the most pressing issues in the space and what kind of companies they are looking to fund. In a partnership, Danny is working with global utilities in a program called Free Electrons (freeelectrons.co) that are looking to fund capital for companies innovating in the electric utility space. The leaders in this fund understand the problems facing their business model and want to work with the next generation of companies to remain competitive. Don’t miss this episode filled with knowledge about startups, innovation and the market. Danny knows the market and shares his insights with you. Find the episode on SolarWakeup.com, iTunes, SoundCloud and Stitcher radio. Please subscribe and share with your friends how much EnergyWakeup is helping you! [soundcloud id='309210789' height='false'] This episode is sponsored by Conductive Capital, a distributed generation platform with tax efficient capital. In this episode we speak to Danny Kennedy, managing director of CALCEF (calcef.org) and President of CalCharge. Danny has gone from activist to entrepreneur and now investor, fighting for a clean energy future for many decades. CALCEF is the fund that is deploying early stage dollars into clean energy startups in a time when working with early stage companies could not be more important. We talk about the most pressing issues in the space and what kind of companies they are looking to fund. In a partnership, Danny is working with global utilities in a program called Free Electrons (freeelectrons.co) that are looking to fund capital for companies innovating in the electric utility space. The leaders in this fund understand the problems facing their business model and want to work with the next generation of companies to remain competitive. Don’t miss this episode filled with knowledge about startups, innovation and the market. Danny knows the market and shares his insights with you. Find the episode on SolarWakeup.com, iTunes, SoundCloud and Stitcher radio. Please subscribe and share with your friends how much EnergyWakeup is helping you! [soundcloud id='309210789' height='false']

Electrify everything! I’ve been saying it for years and I’ll say it again. Solar needs to let utilities fight with the oil lobby and step out of the way. Once electric cars tick up the demand, solar will be there to fill the need.
Who pitched it? I hate this story with a passion. It was pitched by someone with an agenda enough with data to make the New York Times run with it. Last year, the same reporter ran a bad story about net metering in California and now this. The anti-Elon Musk lobby is real and here you see it in action.
SunEdison C&I is revived. Mitsui has acquired the team from SunEdison. Glad to see that happen and looking forward to see how those things progress.

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100% for the win. While the Federal government wants to regress, and fail at leading us all into the future, leave it to California’s legislators to take the reins. The legislature has filed a bill to bring the 50% RPS to 100%. It had failed in the past due to the oil lobby’s push against the increase of fuel efficiency standards but this time it looks very promising. Bryan and I spoke about this with Senator Wiener on EnergyWakeup.
Do it yourself. Across the globe there is a new trend that is changing the world in amazing ways. When the poorest among us are without energy, light or clean ways to cook, they are turning to solar energy. No longer having to wait for dirty coal plants or costly transmission, solar is bringing access to new opportunities.
Florida Inside Baseball. Spring training is just getting started but there is some great political inside baseball going on in Florida. The Governor and the Speaker of the House are engaging in a battle royale regarding corporate welfare. Specifically, this battle is about tourism marketing and economic development dollars. Keep in mind that this is republican infighting. So you can imagine the irony in watching FP&L rate basing 800MW of solar while keeping the market monopoly away from private sector competition. Nothing to see here! That’s why we keep the capitol in Tallahassee.

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Solar on every roof, 80% RPS. Two bills that push the goal post in a direction we are not used to right now. Normally we are playing defense on kill NEM bills or attacks on solar markets across the Country. In this episode of EnergyWakeup we interviewed Senator Wiener of CA and Assemblyman Brooks of NV. Wiener is the sponsor of the solar on every new roof in CA bill and Brooks is the sponsor of the RPS bill in NV that brings it to 80%. Moving goal posts!
Oh Pruitt. He is a bad dude indeed. I don’t know why some people wake up and don’t have an ounce of decency but Pruitt is one of them. Rulemaking to stop CPP will start as expected. Let’s look at the flipside. Pruitt is a poster child for the environmental lobby, he has a history of hating the environment and using him politically should be straightforward. If you think the next three guys in line would have been any better, then guess again. Unless you want Myron Ebell?
Is nuclear going the way of coal? Over time my enthusiasm for nuclear has decreased and in the past few years have become convinced that we just don’t need new plants anymore. Water issues, safety issues, and capital logistics. With battery pricing and a shift to distributed generation do we really need new nuclear? I’m not as sure that no new plants will be built as I am that no new coal plants will be built but I think we are really close to this. Solar + storage wins out in my opinion.

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