102 results for “cost shift

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SEIA, GRID Alternatives Launch Women in Solar Program at All-Women Solar Build

  It was a beautiful, cool spring day – perfect weather for being outside and climbing up on a roof. Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of participating in an all-women residential solar installation at ...

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Solar Will Dominate Globally. Let’s Make Sure the US Industry Profits From It

  Originally published in Greentech Media. When I moved to California to co-found Sunrun after fighting in Afghanistan, the solar industry was a small band of true believers — no more than 5,000 strong. My first ...

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Getting TOU Rates Right: PG&E Edition

Today SEIA filed testimony in Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) current rate case. This is an opening salvo in a proceeding likely to stretch into 2018. SEIA’s case builds on our efforts to ...

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Solar in the Southwest – In Two Desert States, Cautionary Tales Abound

  In the last weeks of 2016, the solar coaster continues its twists and turns in the Southwest, once again producing both good news and bad, with one state learning from experience and taking ...

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In its Largest Quarter Ever, U.S. Solar Market Saw Nearly 2 MW of PV Installed Per Hour in Q3 2016

The United States solar market just shattered all previous quarterly solar photovoltaic (PV) installation records. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) Q4 2016 U.S. Solar Market Insight report, 4,143 megawatts (MW) of solar PV were installed in the U.S. in the third quarter of the year, a rate of one MW every 32 minutes.

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SEIA On the Road to Fight Amendment 1

    The SEIA team is on the ground in Florida fighting against the state’s utility-backed Amendment 1 ballot initiative, which would effectively kill rooftop solar in the Sunshine State. SEIA will keep a running ...

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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 ...

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Solar Boom or Bust in Florida?

Three cheers for solar in Florida! Amendment 4 officially passed on August 30. We found the magic policy lever and now Floridians will begin reaping the benefits of low cost, clean solar ...

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Industry Speaks Up For Solar In Massachusetts

The solar industry went to the Massachusetts State House in Boston yesterday to deliver more than 5,000 petitions and letters to Democratic House Speaker Bob DeLeo, demanding lawmakers to act swiftly and decisively on keeping solar working in the state.