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This is your SolarWakeup for September 8th, 2021

Helping NOLA. It’s a triple bad news sandwich. We were supposed to be able to get SPI back on track this year and almost everyone we spoke to was going to attend. Then the delta variant took a toll on the local community causing a good amount of cancellations of exhibitors and attendees. Show organizers were focused on still creating a safe event for those that wanted to get to and then Hurricane Ida came in. The issue is that everyone loses, the community doesn’t benefit from the economic stimulus a show like SPI brings to town, attendees don’t get to meet with partners and clients and the solar industry loses a vital revenue stream that is much needed for the never ending fight for policy that enables our market. Then there is the destruction of the community at the hands of the hurricane like others before that hurt the most vulnerable.

Laudato Si Continued. The Pope is not giving up his message on climate change. Since writing Laudato Is, Pope Francis has merged the message of climate change with preserving the planet and pushing for action by dominant nations. When the Pope speaks, he does so in many languages but he is also speaking to those that see him as the leader of the the catholic church. It’s the duality of the message, especially when heard by catholics that happen to be politicians as well, that stings the hardest because personal causes are in conflict with the message from the church.

The Nuclear Bailouts. Illinois is preparing a $600million bailouts for two nuclear power plants in the State. Typically these are powerful legislative vehicles that can move climate policy forward alongside the bailout, we’ve seen this in New York and New Jersey to name two. 

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This is your SolarWakeup for September 7th, 2021

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This is your SolarWakeup for September 3rd, 2021

Multi Jurisdictional Solar Battles. As many of you have read and seen on the news, solar has to continue to fight to maintain access to markets that allow consumers to make their energy generation choice. In California, as fires burn like never before the fight happens across the board from licensing, regulatory with net metering, grid operators with curtailment and interconnection and even legislatively. None of this comes easy or cheap and participating financially is the hard truth for companies that want to compete in fair and open markets. Please take a moment and help CALSSA shore up for these fights.

Manchin Speaks. Senator Manchin wants a strategic pause for the reconciliation bill, arguing that more stimulus and inflation are reasons to halt the process and not do anything with this kind of price tag. With Senator Synema in a similar camp, it’ll be a showdown on the democratic side to see how to either do both infrastructure bills, just the bipartisan or neither and Pelosi is front and center on this.

Miami Wind Codes. Once again a single hurricane has cause incredible wind damage on the Gulf Coast while dumping a foot of rain on the New York/New Jersey area. Pictures of the flooded subways and floating cars show that the infrastructure isn’t meant to withstand the new reality of storms where they normally never went. Meanwhile transmission in Louisiana is still down and 80% of the oil and gas production is offline. 

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This is your SolarWakeup for September 2nd, 2021

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