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Tag: utility

  • Eaton releases more powerful Power Xpert Solar inverters, 1,500-volt combiners

    We met with power management company Eaton at Intersolar in San Francisco to see its expanded range of inverters and electrical balance of system (BOS) solutions. “Eaton’s complete solutions and engineering services are helping customers around the globe improve return on investment for solar and energy storage applications,” said JohnRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Fitch: Residential solar is a threat to investor-owned utility credit

    Rapidly growing U.S. residential photovoltaic (PV) solar system installations and net energy metering (NEM) are potential long-term threats to the creditworthiness of investor-owned utilities (IOUs), according to Fitch Ratings. PV solar, primarily rooftop, is a small but rapidly growing portion of U.S. electricity production. Annual residential PV solar installs increasedRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Texas rate case settled, should be good for future solar customers

    The solar industry in Texas is growing, and an unopposed settlement agreement filed by the El Paso Electric Co. for its rate case pending before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (the PUCT) should help clear future hurdles for distributed generation. If approved by the PUCT, the Unopposed Settlement wouldRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • 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

  • Iowa’s largest utility-scale solar project chooses Solectria inverters

    Yaskawa – Solectria Solar, a leading commercial PV inverter manufacturer, announced at Intersolar North America that its transformerless three-phase inverters were chosen for Central Iowa Power Cooperative’s (CIPCO) utility-scale solar project that spans five sites across its service delivery territory. The five sites total 5.56 MW and are part ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine