That is the question the solar industry has been asking itself for a few years. Community solar, virtual net metering and RECs have all been a part of the development schemes. Long Island has been growing rapidly due to the FIT and high energy rates but to get the State of New York to 50%, more will have to be done.

To continue the dialogue, the Alliance for Clean Energy NY (ACE) will have its conference in Albany starting tomorrow. The State's Energy Czar, Richard Kauffman, and members of the Obama Administration will join the head of the NYISO and State Legislator, Senator Kevin Parker. For more information make sure to head to aceny.org and let us know if you go.

The DOE continues to let its social media team win the internet. Yesterday, for Halloween, DOE changed its avatar to a version of the Netflix original series, Stranger Things.

Well done, DOE. Your energy for marketing remains top notch!

In October, Florida Utilities operating under a monopoly have added $3.5 million to the effort to kill solar net metering in Florida. Another $1 million came from other corporate interests. That brings the overall total to over $26 million.

If you have family or friends in Florida, they are already voting. It is important to tell them to vote #NoOn1

Loaded news day for you. Shine upon my roof. SolarCity (which was really Tesla) announced their vision for the future of solar on Friday. Solar tiles and slates in a variety of shapes and colors will integrate solar and roofing material. My takeaway is that Tesla is looking to get into the roof replacement cycle and make the financial decision a bit different. The challenges and unknowns remain. No real details about efficiency, codes, design, partners or cost was released by Tesla. We are living dangerously. Last night we had the season premier of the Nat Geo show, Years of Living Dangerously. Solar in India was highlighted with a hat tip to Ohio’s factory of First Solar. The highlight of the show was the Nevada policy fight featuring Sunrun and former NRG CEO, David Crane. Cecily Strong from SNL was the host of the segment even got a tour of the Mandalay Bay solar roof. Build a wall, save a solar panel. Imagine a solar company going to a Trump rally and getting most of the people to agree with them. In this case it was all caught on video and really well produced. Watch it here. Trump likes solar, if he outlives it. In an ad libbed section of his stump speech, Trump went off script in Colorado this weekend. You can read the entire text of the solar portion, but he is telling his supporters in Colorado that solar has a 28 year payback while modules only last 10 years. Time for someone to educate the man in the Trump Tower that even solar on that roof may have a better payback than 28 years.

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