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  • VPPs are an emerging investment asset class

    The fast pace of recent solar + storage-based virtual power plant (VPP) rollouts across the country is leading to the emergence of new asset class for institutional investors, say players in the field. Virtual power purchase agreements (VPPA) have all the security of a traditional utility PPA, but depending on the system design, the benefits……

  • Moss debuts two-year solar Apprenticeship Program

    Apprentices are a key component for earning the tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act. This month, Moss Construction enrolled the first 20 participants in its innovative solar apprenticeship program that will train its next crop of utility-scale solar energy construction team members. “The Moss Apprenticeship Program was developed in response to the labor needs……

  • SEIA: Clarity needed in these areas to best implement IRA

    The Inflation Reduction Act is law, and now the real fun begins — implementing it. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) filed responses to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s request for public comments on the clean energy tax provisions, highlighting key areas in which clarity is most needed. “The clean energy tax credit provisions……

  • 240 solar companies call for rejection of anti-circumvention petition

    With the Inflation Reduction Act celebrations over, the solar industry is back to focusing on the anti-circumvention trade case. The deadline is approaching for a decision from the Department of Commerce, and more than 240 solar and storage companies are imploring Secretary Gina Raimondo to reject the petition for new anti-circumvention tariffs on solar products….…

  • New York PSC approves smart meter for National Grid that’s ideal for wholesale market participation

    Widespread installation of distributed energy resources will require an upgrade in utility equipment. Grid-edge technology to ease behind-the-meter projects (and potentially add more ROI) is especially useful. The New York Public Service Commission has approved the Landis+Gyr Revelo meter for use in electric metering applications in National Grid service territories throughout New York, and the……