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Distributed Generation (DG)

October 17, 2024
Solar and Storage Industry Applauds New York for Meeting Goal of 6 Gigawatts of Distributed Solar One Year Ahead of Schedule 

NEW YORK — Today Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that the state has reached 6 gigawatts (GW) of distributed solar instal...

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November 1, 2022
REPORT: Shoring Up Cybersecurity Protocols for Distributed Energy Resources

Photo courtesy of SunPower  For grid planners and operators working in today’s digital age, there are few words more frightening than cyberattack.   In the energy sector, breaches by bad actors...

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October 20, 2022

Analysis: Georgia Power Company Overcharges Customers by $1.87 Billion

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joint testimony led by SEIA shows that for the last 11 years, Georgia Power Company has been drastically overcharging all utility customers, far exceeding the revenue level set...

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July 21, 2022

Advocates Celebrate Wins for Clean Energy in Georgia, Urge Action on Rooftop Solar

ATLANTA – In a victory for Georgia consumers and the clean energy economy, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to approve a solar resource plan that should result in an increase in...

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July 18, 2022
Safer, Faster, Cheaper: How SolarAPP+ Is Cutting Through Bureaucracy to Boost Solar Deployment

A residential solar home in Denver, Colorado.  More than half a million residential solar systems were installed in the United States in 2021, representing a 30% year-over-year uptick in installed...

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March 7, 2022

Florida Legislation Undercuts Rooftop Solar, Allows Monopoly Utilities to Charge Exorbitant Fees on Thousands of Floridians

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Florida Legislature passed a bill today (HB 741) that will undercut the state’s growing rooftop solar industry by phasing down net metering and allowing utilities to charg...

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July 15, 2021

Solar Permitting Tool Hits the Market to Boost Rooftop Solar Installations

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As America passes three million solar installations, the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is formally launching SolarAPP+ to help s...

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May 17, 2021

Solar Leases in South Carolina Get Property Tax Exemption

COLUMBIA, SC and WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, South Carolina’s state legislature passed H. 3354, which exempts leased and third party owned residential solar systems from property taxes. This ...

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May 16, 2018

SEIA Completes its Grid Modernization White Paper Series with In-Depth Look at Non-Wires Solutions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Culminating a yearlong effort into grid modernization, today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) issued the fifth and final paper in its white paper series, I...

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