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  • How to design rates for a distributed grid? This paper has some answers

    As electric industry regulators prepare for their summer meeting in Nashville, a group of solar and tech organizations and companies, including TechNet, Sierra Club, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Vote Solar, The Alliance for Solar Choice, CalSEIA, and SolarCity released a paper on designing electricity rates in the eraRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • A consumer’s guide to community solar via SEIA, Coalition for Community Solar Access

    In an effort to increase consumer understanding when choosing community solar, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA) are debuting the Residential Consumer Guide to Community Solar. The new guide provides consumers with an overview of community solar, expert tips on how toRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SEIA: ‘Door open for more inexpensive utility scale solar projects’

    The United States, Mexico and Canada made a fairly significant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by relying on clean energy sources for 50 percent of electricity generation by 2025. For quick commentary on what this might mean for solar going forward, we turn to Tom Kimbis, acting president of theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SEIA releases standard disclosure statements to help consumers compare deals

    Adding another tool to help consumers understand rooftop solar investments, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is introducing standardized disclosure statements covering the most common residential transactions. The SEIA Solar Power Purchase Agreement Disclosure statement and the revised SEIA Solar Lease Disclosure are simple summary documents that are meant toRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar energy on track for record-breaking year in U.S.

    In the first quarter of 2016, 1,665 megawatts (MW) of solar PV were installed in the United States with the solar industry adding more new capacity during this period than coal, natural gas and nuclear combined. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) U.S. Solar MarketRead More — Solar Builder magazine