Tag: policy
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IRA tax credit guidance threatens community solar’s ability to serve low-income households
Solar experts fear newly released guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits will limit the industry’s ability to serve low-income communities. Under the new guidance, most households will have to prove their low-income status, which has been shown to substantially limit a household’s willingness to sign up for community solar plans that can……
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IREC issues model rules to speed up clean energy interconnection
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) has updated its model rules to facilitate the safe, efficient and reliable interconnection of clean energy resources to the electric grid. Interconnection is one of the biggest obstacles to the expansion of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as rooftop solar installations, community solar and battery storage — and achieving……
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CEA expects no major impact on solar PV imports after anti-circumvention case ruling
Advisory firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA) expects solar PV import volumes and prices to remain largely unchanged following the U.S. Department of Commerce issuing its final determination in the anti-circumvention case regarding imports of solar PV cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam on Aug. 18. Because Commerce’s final decision is similar to……
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Xcel Energy adds SolarEdge battery to Colorado VPP program
Xcel Energy is including the SolarEdge Home Battery in the new ‘Renewable Battery Connect” Virtual Power Plant (VPP) incentive program. Eligible SolarEdge Home Battery owners in Colorado can now sign up for the Renewable Battery Connect program and earn meaningful financial incentives in return for discharging their stored solar battery energy during times of peak……
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Virginia county cuts red tape to revive solar installations. Will it work?
Via Energy News Network — One by one, tiny solar companies abandoned their rooftop ambitions in Prince William, defeated by tangles of red tape in the booming Northern Virginia county. Undeterred, Ray Masavage, owner of CAVU Solar since 2018, hung in there. Why? It pained him to see seas of array-less houses in sprawling subdivisions……