Tag: policy
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FERC Order 2222 implementation ‘gaps’ present serious challenges, says Guidehouse Insights
In 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order 2222 with the intent of opening regional transmission organization (RTO)/independent system operator (ISO) wholesale markets to aggregations of distributed energy and demand response resources (DER). Doing so would vastly expand the tools system operators can use to balance the transmission grid. Order 2222 also meant……
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Code crisis averted: ICC ready to designate solar, storage as Risk Category 2
In a release of preliminary results on the 2024 ICC Building Code online governmental vote, the International Code Council’s (ICC) members have approved two compromise proposals from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) that designate solar and storage projects as Risk Category 2 infrastructure. Without SEIA’s proposals, S79-22 and S81-22, a proposal from the Federal……
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Four takeaways from California NEM 3.0 remix
California is taking a new shot at designing residential solar incentives after a revision proposed in December 2021 raised the ire of nearly everyone in the solar industry and, coincidentally, almost no one at the major utilities. The critique of last year’s Net Energy Metering proposal, known as NEM 3.0, centered on concerns that the……
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California revised NEM 3.0 proposal could cut average export rates 75 percent
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released a revised proposed decision today on solar net energy metering. Though the proposal avoids the steep solar taxes and fees the previous proposed decision laid out, this revised proposal would scale back export rates in a big way. The solar industry and clean energy supporters are still reviewing……
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SolStar program brings solar power, job training and equity to North Minneapolis
Via Energy News Network: A pioneer in Minnesota’s solar industry is attempting to replicate a green economic justice blueprint in the state’s largest African American community. Ralph Jacobson founded the solar firm Impact Power Solutions (IPS) in 1991 and was its CEO until 2019, when he shifted into a roleRead More — Solar Builder magazine