Tag: regulations
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New York solar boost on the way after PUC approves new regs
The New York State Public Service Commission announced new regulations making it faster and easier for solar energy, microgrids and other distributed generation projects to connect to the electric grid and advance the development of renewable power under the state’s new Clean Energy Standard. This action is in line with several other initiativesRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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How big is the ITC extension? How about 54% install increase through 2020
As the solar industry eagerly awaits the outcome of the omnibus spending bill that includes a five-year extension to the solar investment tax credit (ITC), there is not much left to do other than speculate, which is what the folks at GTM Research are doing. According to their analysts, thisRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Distributed generation fee struck down in Wisconsin
The Dane County Circuit Court in Wisconsin struck down discriminatory charges on solar customers in a verbal ruling delivered by Judge Peter Anderson. The ruling was needed to reverse the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s December 2014 decision to add a discriminatory fee on distributed generation customers in We Energies’ territory. TheRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Georgia Power files to stay the EPA’s Clean Power Plan
While the EPA’s Clean Power Plan is mostly seen as a win for the solar industry overall, not all of the players involved in its implementation are excited about it. Georgia Power, for one, has joined with other several energy companies across the country in support of a motion to stayRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Conergy, NEXTracker launch Latin America and Caribbean Solar Alliance (panel at #SPIcon)
How do you help spur solar industry initiatives, while presenting a unified voice in an area that needs it? Form an alliance, of course. That’s at least what Conergy, a large downstream solar company, and NEXTracker, the world’s fastest-growing solar tracking company, are doing by launching the Latin America andRead More — Solar Builder magazine