Tag: regulation
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Another demand charge bites the dust: El Paso Electric settlement approved
The Texas Public Utilities Commission approved a settlement supported by El Paso Electric, the Office of Public Utility Counsel, Energy Freedom Coalition of America, SEIA, Eco El Paso, and Sunrun to drop a demand charge targeted at customers who invest in rooftop solar. El Paso Electric, which serves 300,000 customersRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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SMA’s Sunny Boy passes UL 1741 SA testing to meet needs in Arizona, California
SMA says it is the first inverter manufacturer to complete functional and safety testing with UL according to the UL 1741 SA (Supplement A) draft standard, which identifies inverter functions required for optimal grid stability. To achieve that, SMA enhanced the smart-inverter capabilities of its Sunny Boy TL-US series ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Arizona regulators reject request to end net metering (but the issue isn’t settled)
Arizona’s solar industry won a victory last week, but how big of a victory remains to be seen. First, the good news: The Arizona Corporate Commission rejected a request from UniSource Energy Services to get rid of net metering and impose demand charges on new residential solar customers. Following thisRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Will Nevada revive its net metering rates? (or at least grandfather customers in?)
The residential solar industry in Nevada was buried earlier this year when the state’s regulators reduced the retail remuneration rate paid to net metering customers and also created a separate customer class for residential and small-scale solar. There was an increase in fixed charges as well as a decrease inRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Obama wants to give your community $100,000 to build community solar
Since President Obama took office, solar electricity generation has increased 30 fold and solar jobs are growing 12 times faster than the rest of the economy. Last year, his administration announced a set of actions to increase access to solar and create a more inclusive workforce, and this week, theyRead More — Solar Builder magazine