Tag: Vote Solar
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As Illinois nears the end of net metering, solar installers make the case that it’s too soon
From the Energy News Network: Solar installers in Ameren Illinois’ territory have hit a key milestone, prompting a regulatory process with high stakes for the future of rooftop solar in the state. Illinois’ 2017 Future Energy Jobs Act calls for replacing retail net metering with a localized value-of-solar rate asRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Massachusetts solar workers to rally at state house Wednesday to fend off demand charges
With the end of the legislative session quickly approaching, solar workers from across the Commonwealth will rally at the Massachusetts State House May 16 at 10 a.m. to urge the Legislature to act in support of the state’s solar industry. This comes at a critical time for the Commonwealth’s solarRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Massachusetts DPU approves demand charge on residential solar customers, Vote Solar challenges
Nonprofit Vote Solar is challenging the controversial decision of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities’ (DPU) to raise rates and create uncertainty for future solar customers in the Eversource utility territory. The Jan. 5 order by the DPU will force residential solar customers to pay additional charges that could rangeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Massachusetts DPU approves demand charge on residential solar customers, Vote Solar challenges
Nonprofit Vote Solar is challenging the controversial decision of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities’ (DPU) to raise rates and create uncertainty for future solar customers in the Eversource utility territory. The Jan. 5 order by the DPU will force residential solar customers to pay additional charges that could rangeRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Big Solar Backed By California Desert Dwellers, But…
A BrightSource-backed survey says 75 percent of Southern California desert residents support the development of large-scale solar power plants there.