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  • Georgia solar boom: Atlanta eases solar permitting process

    Solar installation soft costs are real drivers of project economics, so the more streamlined permitting process become, the better outcome for prospective solar customers. Down in Georgia, Don Moreland, chair of the Georgia Solar Energy Association (GA Solar), says the City of Atlanta is doing its part by adopting a new,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Department of Energy to fund projects to reduce soft costs of solar installs

    Discussions on further large reductions in solar installation prices start with soft costs. Knowing this, the Energy Department is pumping $21.4 million in funding for 17 new projects to help reduce these soft costs, such as installation, permitting and connecting to the grid. “Soft costs have been a pervasive barrier to widespreadRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Report: Rooftop solar provides even more value than retail rate metering

    Net metering is often seen as a good deal for solar installers and their customers, but a negative for utilities and their customers — the non-solar taxpayers in the community. It is said that those others are subsidizing all the great benefits the solar adopters receive. Is it true? A reportRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • AEE leads discussions on improving energy efficiency in Illinois

    Advanced Energy Economy Instituteis meeting with utility, advanced energy, and thought leaders in Illinois (and Chicago, specifically) to discuss the status and barriers of the industrial energy efficiency sector. Increased communication with industrial users was a common theme echoed by many throughout the discussion. The industrial sector is the largestRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar industry rallies in Colorado to fight Xcel Energy rate proposals

    Xcel Energy, a utility in Colorado, has proposed increasing fixed charges for all customers while reducing charges on energy used. Xcel also plans to introduce demand charges for residential customers, which up until now have only applied to large commercial and industrial customers. Like similar proposals brought about by otherRead More — Solar Builder magazine