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Tendril Launches A Customer Acquisition Solution For Utility-Owned Community Solar
Tendril, the Boulder, Colo.-based software startup, rebooted its business last year with a shift to microtargeted energy savings products through its new Energy Services Management platform. Today, the company announced it’s expanding its product line with a customer acquisition and engagement solution for utilities getting into community solar.
Solar and Storage Industry Statement on Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Manchin (I-WV) and Barrasso (R-WY) released the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 to enhance energy security and improve permitting for energy infrastructure projects. In April, more than ...
Massachusetts Blocks National Grid’s Untested Rate Design Plans
A big win for solar in Massachusetts! The Bay State’s Department of Public Utilities (DPU) issued an order that prevents the utility National Grid from hitting homeowners with exorbitantly high fees, which would ...
#DoTheMath: How Rooftop Solar Will Save Us Billions
The obvious cost savings of the tremendous rise in solar, particularly the proliferation of rooftop solar panels, is that it puts system owners in control of their energy needs and wrangles in their energy bills. Alone, the economic incentive for consumer-sited solar is strong, but what may be less evident is the impact solar adoption has for us all.
U.S. Solar Market and 15 States See Best Quarter Ever for Residential Solar
The U.S. residential solar market reached record highs in the third quarter of 2019 with 712 megawatts of solar installed.
A New Reality: The Path Forward for California’s Solar and Storage Industry
California’s rooftop solar and storage market is changing, and the industry is learning to operate in this new reality. California has been America’s top solar market for over a decade, installing more solar capacity than any state every year until Texas took over in 2021. While California reclaimed the number one ranking in 2022 and installations look strong in 2023, the shift in 2021 may be a preview of what is to come.
Solar Uniquely Positioned To Help States Meet New Regulations
After more than five months of listening to both pros and cons, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally closed the public comment period on its proposed plan to cut carbon emissions from power plants. Now it’s time for the EPA to make a good plan even better.
SEIA Urges White House to Preserve Solar ITC
Calling it “a huge step backward,” Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), said President Obama’s 2015 fiscal year budget, which was unveiled today, would severely damage the U.S. solar industry by eliminating the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) and replacing it with a refundable Production Tax Credit (PTC) at the end of 2016.
Solar Industry Maps Out Next Steps for 20% by 2030 Goal
As part of the first steps into the Solar+ Decade, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released a roadmap that puts solar energy on a path to reaching 20% of U.S. electricity generation by 2030. The roadmap is a 10-year strategic vision for the solar industry that highlights both opportunities and systemic challenges the industry will need to overcome to reach its goals.
