Tag: Residential Solar
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Alliant Energy’s North Rock Solar Project now operational in southern Wisconsin community
The rural community of Fulton in Rock County, Wisconsin, is the latest to benefit from the recent surge in solar development across the state. Alliant Energy’s newly completed 50 MW North Rock Solar Project marks a major milestone for the company and the customers it serves. Over the life of the solar facility, the town……
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Cleveland debuts low-income home solar install program
Cleveland’s first low- to moderate-income (LMI) solar program is underway and has high hopes for 2023. Solar installations are funded through a grant from the Lowenstein Foundation and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network. The program launched with a $100,000 grant to do between 5-10 installs. “We will end the year with five installs and two……
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Will California NEM 3.0 boost home energy storage?
Utilities were big winners in the California solar + storage market in mid-December, convincing the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to slash the value of solar energy returned to the grid by 75 percent, or as little as a nickel/kWh, effective mid-April 2023. This ruling — Net Energy Metering (NEM) 3.0 — under contentious study……
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Swell Energy teams with SMUD on virtual power plant program
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is partnering with Swell Energy to be the aggregator for a new residential customer-driven virtual power plant initiative, the My Energy Optimizer Partner+ program. My Energy Optimizer Partner+ will launch enrollments in Q1 of 2023, with operations planned to start in April 2023. Enrollment will be open to both new……
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PG&E starts installing home batteries for customers with frequent outages
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is piloting a home battery energy storage program to support the vulnerable customers in its service area that are most frequently impacted by outages caused by its Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings (EPSS). Since October, PG&E has reached out to approximately 1,000 pre-qualified customers for this Residential Storage Initiative, and……