Tag: regulations
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Solar policy update: Anti-net metering in Indiana, grid fees in Missouri, upset consumers in Oregon
Politics is local, which means so is the growth of the solar industry. States that prioritize renewables and grid modernization will pass legislation to incentivize those goals, and those that don’t, well, won’t. Let’s round up some of the recent headlines in local solar politics. Talk of the Midwest: Indiana’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Quick look at Trump’s planned changes to the Clean Power Plan
Much of our musings about whether a Donald Trump presidency would be good or bad for the solar industry fell back on the “he’s a business man, so maybe he will see the positive business case and job creation story to be told shifting to solar technology.” Well, today, theRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Massachusetts extends Solar Renewable Energy Credit program (is net metering cap next?)
The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has announced plans to extend the Commonwealth’s successful Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC 2) program until it completes a long-term replacement. Since its inception, the SREC 2 program has led Massachusetts to more than 1,600 megawatts of solar development and supported thousands ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Minnesota governor vetoes anti-solar net metering bill
The state legislature of Minnesota passed a bill that sought to make state utilities exempt from regulation by the Public Utilities Commission. The purpose here was to get them out of the current net metering rates and be able to impose fees that would harm the residential solar industry inRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Reminder, Iowa: New net metering cap rules to go in effect this April
Net metering seems to be slowly losing its political favor. We turn to Iowa today where the state’s Utilities Board accepted a proposed rule change from Alliant Energy would place an arbitrary cap on net metering in order to curtail the number of residents able to make the move. WhyRead More — Solar Builder magazine