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  • CALSEIA’s annual Worker Day brings out 150 people to urge for political support

    Approximately 150 solar and storage workers from 80 businesses across the state converged on the California state capitol on August 29 to meet with their legislative representatives and urge continued support of local solar and energy storage policies. Organized by the California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA), this is theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Report: Energy storage would benefit more than 5 million commercial customers

    The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Clean Energy Group (CEG) have released the first comprehensive public analysis detailing the potential size of the commercial behind-the-meter battery storage market in the United States. NREL analyzed over 10,000 utility tariffs in 48 states, finding that more thanRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Tennessee denies request to lift cap on solar system size in GPP program

    Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has decided against making a widely supported improvement to its small scale solar energy program, Green Power Providers (GPP). TVA’s GPP program allows homeowners, businesses, municipalities, and other property owners to invest, install and safely interconnect solar energy systems to the grid and be compensated byRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Energy regulation news round up: Massachusetts, Montana, Rhode Island and Idaho

    Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and the Department of Energy Resources updated the final regulations in the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program, which was mostly met with praise from the solar industry. Specifically, DOER eliminated the hard cap on adders, increased the competitive procurement ceiling price and made positive changesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Nevada City becomes 41st U.S. city to establish 100 percent renewable energy goal

    Surrounded by city council members, key members of the community and partners, Mayor Duane Strawser announced that Nevada City, Calif., would became the latest in a growing movement of mountain communities to commit to move to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. The city’s near unanimous vote to ensure that theRead More — Solar Builder magazine