By Laureen Peck Most people know solar power benefits the people who use it because it reduces their utility costs. In fact, some solar-powered homeowners don’t pay anything for electricity. A lesser-known fact is that solar powered homeowners help everyone in their community through net metering, even their neighbors who still depend on the grid…
By Kelsey Misbrener The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Vote Solar are calling on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to adopt a compensation framework for future residential solar customers that promotes equity and incentivizes sustainable market growth: net billing. In joint comments filed on March 15, SEIA and Vote Solar provided a comprehensive…
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By Kelsey Misbrener The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) voted 4-1 on Wednesday to reject Ameren Illinois’ proposed calculation of the number of solar net-metering customers in its territory, resulting in the reopening of full retail net metering in its service territory. The decision will allow new solar customers to participate in the widely used solar…
By [email protected] Duke Energy’s third-quarter earnings report on Thursday revealed success in managing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on its multistate utility operations. But it also highlighted the near-term steps the utility is taking to achieve its clean energy aspirations and how its long-range decarbonization strategy will influence the pending debate over a clean…
By Kelsey Misbrener On Thursday, the Illinois Commerce Commission granted in part an Emergency Motion by solar advocacy organizations concerning distributed generation rebates and net-metering credits in Ameren Illinois’ service territory. In its Order, the Commission urged Ameren to continue to provide full net-metering credits to residential solar customers until an audit is completed to…
By Kelsey Misbrener Today a coalition of solar and environmental groups filed an emergency motion with the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) to prevent utility company Ameren from devastating rooftop solar in southern and central Illinois. This comes just as Ameren filed an Integrated Resource Plan that would add more utility-scale solar and wind projects than…
By Billy Ludt Renewable energy company Green Lantern Solar has completed the construction of a 150-kW solar array in Bristol, Vermont. Bristol will be the off-taker of net metering credits generated by this array, providing a direct benefit to the town’s bottom line by reducing its electricity bills. “The Bristol South project is a great…
By Kelsey Misbrener Energy + Environmental Economics, an energy consulting firm commissioned by SMUD to study the value of solar in its service territory, released an independent study that evaluated the value of solar in the Sacramento area. The study evaluated the value of solar, the value of solar + storage when managed by SMUD…
By [email protected] The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday unanimously rejected a plea to declare all state solar net-metering policies illegal, a victory for solar industry groups and state policymakers. All four FERC commissioners voted to dismiss the April petition from the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA), which argued that FERC, not states, should have…
By Kelsey Misbrener Today the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) signaled that it will extend net metering through January 2022 for current customers based on the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on the solar industry. In addition, the NYPSC established modest changes to net metering that will impact future rooftop solar customers in 2022….
By Kelsey Misbrener The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today dismissed a controversial petition to end state and local jurisdiction over net metering programs. The petition was brought by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) and drew significant bipartisan pushback from around the country. Solar and clean energy advocates celebrated the dismissal. “As the leader of…
By [email protected] The group claiming status as a ratepayer advocacy group in its attempt to get federal regulators to override state net metering regimes has finally revealed the identity of one of its members. But that revelation appears to strengthen claims by its opponents that it is representing energy industry interests rather than those of…
By Billy Ludt More than 450 environmental and energy-justice, faith and labor groups from more than 30 states urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject the New England Ratepayers Association’s petition seeking federal jurisdiction over state solar policies. An April petition filed by the “ratepayers association” claims that retail net metering should be under…