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  • Fitch: Residential solar is a threat to investor-owned utility credit

    Rapidly growing U.S. residential photovoltaic (PV) solar system installations and net energy metering (NEM) are potential long-term threats to the creditworthiness of investor-owned utilities (IOUs), according to Fitch Ratings. PV solar, primarily rooftop, is a small but rapidly growing portion of U.S. electricity production. Annual residential PV solar installs increasedRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • HDPV Alliance adds six new members (now at 39 total)

    The HDPV Alliance, an industry-wide alliance focused on lowering the cost and increasing the performance of PV solar systems, added six new members to expand HDPV membership to 39 companies worldwide. New members include leading inverter, system simulation, and PV module manufactures as well as engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Texas rate case settled, should be good for future solar customers

    The solar industry in Texas is growing, and an unopposed settlement agreement filed by the El Paso Electric Co. for its rate case pending before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (the PUCT) should help clear future hurdles for distributed generation. If approved by the PUCT, the Unopposed Settlement wouldRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • How to design rates for a distributed grid? This paper has some answers

    As electric industry regulators prepare for their summer meeting in Nashville, a group of solar and tech organizations and companies, including TechNet, Sierra Club, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Vote Solar, The Alliance for Solar Choice, CalSEIA, and SolarCity released a paper on designing electricity rates in the eraRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Locus Energy solutions now available to Ten K Solar customers

    Locus Energy, a solar data and analytics platform provider, and Ten K Solar, the company maximizing value in commercial rooftop solar, announced a partnership that makes Locus’ broad and scalable solar fleet management solutions and Virtual Irradiance available to current and future Ten K customers. The partnership enables Ten KRead More — Solar Builder magazine