Earlier this week, Tesla announced that they are working on a partnership with Panasonic to manufacturer modules at the new Buffalo gigafactory. It seems by the wording of the release that the intent is to make the HIT modules as opposed to the acquired Silevo technology. Without saying it, it appears that SolarCity is giving up on the technology at this scale in favor of a product that is already in the market. Of course, the reasoning is likely not to become public but the result is the same nonetheless. We are less than a month from the shareholder vote for the acquisition by Tesla so stay tuned.

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Yesterday I spent some time with Frank Andorka on the United States of Solar podcast that so many of you are listening to here on SolarWakeup. As a Florida resident and one of the few people that helped put our net metering policy in place, I find the underhanded behavior regarding Florida’s amendment 1 so abhorrent. The language is misleading and masquerades a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Today at 1pm, join me and many other leaders in solar to push #NoOn1 all over social media. After the audio tape leaked (listen here) that utilities are admitting to lying to Floridians about the intent of the ballot question, the momentum is with the solar industry so we have to work together to push #NoOn1. Please take a moment and spread that hashtag on your social media platform today. Right now. And of course, listen to my podcast!

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I join our host, Frank Andorka, to discuss the anti-solar amendment being pushed by the Florida utilities.

Utility consultants have been caught admitting to what they call 'political jiu-jitsu' in order to pass a constitutional amendment in Florida. To quote from the tape,