This is your SolarWakeup for July 7th, 2014
Good morning from somewhere over Georgia as I make my cross-country flight to Intersolar. Expect some new and more frequent updates from SWu throughout the week. If you are at Intersolar, make sure to say hello. If you want to make sure I see something in particular, let me know. If you are a Germany soccer fan, like me, then reach out as I will be hosting some loyal fans for a game watch on Tuesday.
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Top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week!
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Original Article from SolarWakeup This Week SolarWakeup: Solar Forecast: Sunny After Some Scattered Clouds These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week! #1 RenewEconomy: Utilities move to kick rooftop solar off the grid #2 CleanTechnica: Residential Solar Cheaper Than Grid Electricity In 25 States #3 RE World: Storm Clouds Gathering Over the US Solar Industry #4 Bill Gates: We Need Energy Miracles #5 Gigaom: This startup says it can make the world’s cheapest solar panels #6 Red, Green & Blue: Can’t We Get A Restraining Order Against Xcel Already? #7 Black Star: Net Metering and Its Potential Impact on Low-Income Consumers #8 Times Picayune: Consultant tapped for state solar study too … Read More
This is your SolarWakeup for July 3rd, 2014
Continuing the trend from yesterday, catch the buzz words. PSC in Florida says NEM was meant to 'prime the pump' and MI utilities are ready to 'develop subsidy free' programs. But let's get real about how solar impacts low income families. Solar creates price stability and lowers the cost of energy. More importantly, as the NAACP points out in their report, solar is a job opportunity for low and middle class families. Installation jobs are open all over the Country and have an average pay of over $23/hour. The NAACP is right, solar is good for families everywhere, something the author of the top article hasn't studied quite yet.
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 2nd, 2014
For any of you fortunate enough to work on solar policy, your jobs are safe. The daily onslaught of regulatory filings against solar and utility commission (bought by the utilities) games is hard to follow. From the Florida PSC literally denying access to solar in a hearing, Louisiana PSC hiring a utility front for a study, Utilities buying commissioners in Arizona, it is a handful for everyone involved. I tend to track on the higher levels, but I would not have seen the 50 State battle lines in our future but that is where we are heading.
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This is your SolarWakeup for July 1st, 2014
I was intrigued yesterday when I read the SEPA blog for the first time of many that day. First reaction, SEPA put in writing exactly what we expected. They are pro-solar and pro-growth but also pro-utility. Utilities like solar in 2 cases, when they get to invest in it in 49 States they don't operate in and as utility owned generation (UOG, remember this term) at home. Today is the time for SEIA to make their statement. SEIA has yet to sign the Solar Pledge, some State chapters have, but national SEIA has not. Today is the day that SEIA has to decide that they believe in the non-SEPA version of net metering, fair and open for ALL participants without preferential treatment for any incumbent parties.
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This is your SolarWakeup for June 30th, 2014
Solar is like a never ending roller coaster. We beat development records, open new markets, start new factories, invent new financial models while trillion dollar industries want to destroy us. Every victory comes with a new battle. Our forecast is sunny, very sunny, after some scatted clouds. Meanwhile Wisconsin Utilities are at it again, with a barrage of filings to eliminate any market presence of solar, more of the same you would say. In the meantime, check out my current state of solar column below.
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Original Article from SolarWakeup This Week SolarWakeup: Is Permitting in Solar a Mess or Opportunity? These are the top 10 most read solar articles by your peers this week! #1 RE World: Storm Clouds Gathering Over the US Solar Industry #2 New Times: FPL, Duke and Others Squeeze Out Solar; Have They No Shame? #3 Bloomberg: Rooftop solar leases scaring homebuyers #4 CleanTechnica: Solar, Wind, Natural Gas Dominate New US Power Installations #5 Gigaom: SunPower and SolarCity emerge as fierce rivals for solar roofs #6 GTM: YieldCos Could Cut Renewables Costs by 20% #7 Think Progress: Utility Cuts Deal Solar Because It’s The Cheapest #8 RE World: Welcome to the Grid Revolution, Massachusetts-style #9 Forbes: SPWR’s Strategy: Developing Software … Read More
This is your SolarWakeup for June 27th, 2014
So much in today’s rundown about the same topic that it requires more space. It is a tale of two States, one (Massachusetts) very much embracing solar as part of the energy portfolio, creating thousands of jobs and generating millions in revenues. The other (Florida) has one of the best net metering standards in the Country, because of the work open dialogue solar and utilities enjoyed. As you see in today’s first story, ... continue reading below or click here
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This is your SolarWakeup for June 26th, 2014
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This is your SolarWakeup for June 25th, 2014
Downstream solar always gets me excited. When looking through the permitting bill, AB 2188, in California and having a conversation with the Go Solar Broward team during the SunShot conference, it all dawned on me. Permitting is a huge time suck, surely solar contractors, big and small, feel this way. Having just put solar on my house and almost giving up because of the permitting, it may just be the biggest opportunity for growth in the soft cost portion of solar. My article on the topic below.
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