The Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) temporarily suspended the qualifying facility (QF) standard rate for new small solar projects last week after NorthWestern Energy found that customers could face $215 million in additional costs over the next 25 years.
The government requires state com... Read More »
The Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) pushed policymakers on Monday to prioritize clean energy provisions at a proposed House-Senate conference on energy legislation.
“Stable and balanced policies and infrastructure are critical for continued growth in the power generation and ind... Read More »
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) introduced new standardized disclosure statements on Monday regarding common questions and concerns to help customers better understand solar energy costs and regulations before switching over.
“We strive to make the process of going solar as st... Read More »
Rocky Mountain Power filed a request with the Utah Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Friday to create a Renewable Energy Tariff that would allow the utility to offer renewable energy to new and expanding businesses in the state.
“The Renewable Energy Tariff is an opportunity to bring more ren... Read More »
The Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of the AES Corporation, announced on Thursday at the White House Summit that its award-winning Advancion Energy Storage Array is live for commercial use.
IPL made its announcement as part of the White House Summit on renewables and energy... Read More »
As part of an effort to transform how it delivers energy, DTE Energy Co. recently said that it will retire eight coal-fired generators at three coal plants in Michigan within the next seven years, while it also builds one of the largest utility-owned solar arrays east of the Mississippi River.
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SolarCity recently opened its fifth operations facility in Maryland, a 20,000-square-foot center that added to the company’s 100 open positions throughout Upper Marlboro, Annapolis and the southern region of the state.
“I had the opportunity to visit SolarCity’s Beltsville facility in 2012... Read More »
The primary challenge to growth in the solar industry is no longer related to cost, but is instead determining how to build and manage the power grid to accommodate that growth, Julia Hamm, president and CEO of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), recently told Daily Energy Insider.
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The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) named Ecoisme the winner on Wednesday of the 1776 inaugural E Prize for Innovation for 2016, an award offered through partnership with the Institute for Electric Innovation (IEI) and startup 1776.
"Today, customers demand more choice in energy use and consumpt... Read More »
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission was awarded the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) 2016 State Leadership in Clean Energy Award on Wednesday for its Sustainable Energy Division’s useful thermal renewable energy certificate (T-REC) program.
The T-REC program was one of six program... Read More »