I’ll will see your Wisconsin ex-parte communication and raise you an Arizona sandstorm which has really deteriorated into another kind of storm. A corporation commission employee has blown the whistle on the dirty methods purportedly used to try and kill solar. We will see much more on this for sure but I don’t see how this ends well for Pinnacle West company, APS. On another attack, I need to call out the bravest words that I have ever heard from SEIA. Someone let Ken Johnson speak his mind, rightfully so, and let it be known that solar has no middle ground in negotiating the ITC. And that goes out to ITC opponents outside of solar and those that claim to be in solar, you know who you are.
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Not all spokespeople are created equal. Bill Walton speaks about solar in a way that should be emulated by many in solar. Not afraid to fight for the industry that we make our living in and say so publicly. Bill can even be heard saying that he would like to be like a solar panel, absorb the energy that shines down on planet earth. So it is great to see his ‘blog’ post on the recent addition of solar on his home. He’d be happy to tell you the exact details of the project and as a homeowner with solar on the roof, I know the feeling that comes free of charge with the panels.
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I learned something new today. From 1935 to 2005, Congress felt the need to limit the size of regulated monopolies and the same act in 1935 kept the separation between regulated and unregulated utilities. The trend continues of utilities getting into the solar game with the unregulated affiliates in some cases becoming larger than the regulated units. As utility IPPs with regulated (and unregulated) parents get into the solar game what is the main goal? Is it capital deployment, customer loyalty or revenue generation? Let’s see how it plays out.
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Karma can be the most satisfying thing sometimes. It feels like yesterday, when Governor Romney (and Presidential hopeful) called Tesla a loser and stood at the front door of the Solyndra building to tout the failure of the loan guarantee program. Fast forward a few years and the program is cash flow positive, Tesla has paid back the loan well ahead of schedule, and SolarCity is leasing the Solyndra building. Should we wait for the next round of Presidential hopefuls to set up a press conference in front of the building? Perhaps they will say: Stop creating all these jobs; and clean energy, it makes it hard to talk about ‘clean’ coal.
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