All week I have been speaking with many of you via email and Twitter. Nearly 5 years ago I started SolarWakeup as a way to get the news out but obviously our industry has changed and grown. Associations much more sophisticated have announced rebrandings this month that make a lot of sense. Their guidance and marketing skills are something I look up to. So as SEPA becomes Smart Electric Power Alliance and EEI rebrands utility scale to community solar, I figured I would take some of both.
Therefore going forward, SolarWakeup will be renamed Smart Community Wakeup as our readership represents the best we have to offer.
News
1 Utility Dive:
Report - EEI hired brand crisis consultant to improve utility industry's image
2 Greentech Media:
Navigant Consulting’s Report on Residential Solar Misconstrues Value of Tax Attributes
3 Miami Herald:
Utility-funded solar power amendment approved for November ballot
4 New York Times:
Obama and President Xi of China Vow to Sign Paris Climate Accord Promptly
5 Bloomberg:
The U.K. Propped Up Europe's Ailing Solar Market Last Year
6 Solar Industry:
The Price Of Solar Policy Inaction In Massachusetts
7 Utility Dive:
Oregon PUC rejects PacifiCorp bid to trim PURPA contracts
8 Reuters:
SunEdison served DoJ subpoena on Vivint Solar deal
Opinions:
9 US News:
When Will Rooftop Solar Be Cheaper Than the Grid?
Have a great day!
Yann
Just after market close yesterday, Terraform Global followed suit by delaying its financial earnings release. So the saga continues and a few things in the Sunedison process should happen tomorrow since their earnings release should be due based on their 15 day extension filed on March 16th. In other news, analysts are wondering what is happening at Vivint Solar since their stock has been beaten down quite a bit whereas other players like SolarCity and Sunrun have held their ground since the Sunedison stock price drop. Stay tuned tomorrow for more timely updates, you can always follow on Twitter @SolarWakeup
Opinion
News
1 Bloomberg:
How Wall Street's Favorite Solar Company Spent Itself to the Brink
2 Power Magazine:
EEI Gets Pushback on Proposed Rebranding of Utility Solar
3 PV-Magazine:
Mexico awards more than 1 GW of solar at US$40.50/MWh
4 Rocky Mountain Institute:
5 Lessons Learned from the Pepco-Exelon Merger Battle in D.C.
5 Grist:
This chart shows the United States’ mind-blowing clean energy potential
6 Utility Dive:
Oklahoma utility pushes demand charge for DG users
7 Vox:
Like the US, China wants a national electricity grid. Unlike the US, China’s just building it.
8 Bangor Daily News:
Energy panel’s dissent darkens prospects for Maine solar power bill
Opinions:
9 Greenbiz:
Centralized or distributed power? We need both (for now)
Have a great day!
Yann
Opinion
Have a great day!
News
1 Greentech Media:
SunEdison Moves Closer to Bankruptcy as Officials Investigate Struggling Solar Company
2 Huffington Post:
This Messaging Guru Is Helping Utilities Clean Up Their Appearance
3 New York Times:
Edison International Starts Energy Consultancy
4 Bloomberg:
Mexico First Power Auction Awards 1,720 Megawatts of Wind, Solar
5 Utility Dive:
Report - ITC extension to boost storage-plus-renewables by 33%
6 Midwest Energy News:
Minnesota co-ops rolling out high fixed charge for solar customers
7 CleanTechnica:
Australian Government Establishes $1 Billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund
8 Desert Sun:
Study - California could get 74% of power from rooftop solar
Opinions:
9 Mass Live:
Solar industry in Massachusetts frustrated by slow pace of legislative action
Have a great day!
Yann
I will be on the E&E News Show with Monica Trauzzi later today. With solar making a dramatic market entry, billions of new capital is looking for a way to participate. The money is not everything however as the politics are also quite clear. Independents in November swing States will support republican candidates that are vocal supporters of solar. Our next step as an industry is to make sure that the investors are educated about the solar support and market size because too many still carry the stigma that we have more regulatory and political risk that is actually the case.
Opinion
News
1 Benzinga:
Are More Solar Asset-Backed Securities Coming?
2 Greenbiz:
Should clean energy companies be held to a higher standard?
3 Las Vegas Review Journal:
Judge rules rooftop solar measure doesn’t qualify as referendum
4 PV-Tech:
After achieving the impossible, Energiewende must make the impossible affordable
5 Renewable Energy World:
Energy Storage Could be Solution To Solar PV-related Blackouts in The Philippines
6 Energy Collective:
Economics, Not Politics, Is The Real Problem For U.S. Coal-Fired Fleet
7 Forbes:
The Very Odd Idea That Exxon Should Become A Renewable Energy Company
8 Fortune:
This Is Why Shares of SunEdison Probably Shouldn't Be Soaring Today
Opinions:
9 Greentech Media:
How Should We Structure Performance-Based Regulation of Utilities?
Have a great day!
Yann
