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Stopping the utility profit grab and saving rooftop solar in California

The following is a contributed article by Dave Rosenfeld, executive director at the Solar Rights Alliance. Recent coverage of California’s solar net metering battle has not necessarily provided a full picture of what’s happening in the state. One could conclude that California’s larger environmental community is siding with the utility-driven effort to slow the growth …

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NextEnergy Capital signs Corporate Power Purchase Agreement with Goldman Sachs

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Published: 15 Feb 2022, 10:38 The VPPA with Goldman Sachs in the latest in a string of such agreements from NextEnergy Capital. Image: NextEnergy Capital. NextEnergy Capital has signed a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with Goldman Sachs in the UK, which will be delivered in 2023. The VPPA will be powered by three solar …

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How a recent proposal to slash solar incentives has its supporters and California utilities butting heads

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Summer Rogers had her eyes on solar energy for years. But it wasn’t until 2018 that she’d finally been able to get together the funds to install it at home. She lives in a duplex, living in one unit herself and her mother in the other, and solar now powers everything in both, except for …

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Strategic Power Projects submits plan for 125MW solar PV project in Swordlestown

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Published: 15 Feb 2022, 15:03 Strategic Power Project’s managing director Paul Carson. Image: Strategic Power Projects Strategic Power Projects has submitted a planning application for a 125MW solar PV project in Swordletown, Ireland. The companywill invest around £84 million (€100 million) in the project, which will deliver significant contributions to the local economy and community groups …

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CPUC To Hold Public Briefings on Utility Execution of 2021 PSPS Events To Improve Future Performance

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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in ongoing efforts to reduce the impacts of utility Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events, will hold public briefings on the operations and performance of the state’s investor-owned utilities during the 2021 PSPS events in California to capture lessons learned and improve performance in 2022. WHEN: Two days, as …

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California’s Solar Customers May Get Singed, Imperiling Net-Zero Goals

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TOPSHOT – A store burns as the Camp fire tears through Paradise, California on November 8, 2018. – A … [+] rapidly spreading, late-season wildfire in northern California has burned 20,000 acres of land and prompted authorities to issue evacuation orders for thousands of people. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP …

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Aberla to rollout solar PV as part of new partnership with Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council

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Published: 15 Feb 2022, 17:44 Aberla is aiming to rollout 300kWp through the partnership with Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council. Image: Aberla. Aberla Energy has announced a new partnership with Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council, to provide solar PV across social housing and commercial premises. It will form part of the ‘Low Carbon Barrow Programme’, which is looking to …

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California NEM 3.0 Proposal: CPUC set to impose highest solar tax in the country

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By Chris Crowell December 13, 2021 View Profile It happened: the California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposal that will create the highest solar tax in the country and hugely reduce the bill credit solar customers get for selling electricity back to the grid. The proposal will be on the CPUC’s January 27, 2022 Voting …

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CPUC To Hold Workshop on Implementation of NTSB Safety Recommendation

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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will hold a virtual workshop to discuss the implementation of the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) Safety Recommendation for utility natural gas pipeline projects, facilities, structures, and infrastructure. WHEN: January 13, 2022, 1-4 p.m. WHERE: Remote access via webcast or phone only: Live webcast with English or Spanish captions: …

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California regulators propose raising fees on owners of rooftop solar systems.

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California regulators on Monday proposed requiring people with rooftop solar panels to pay more of the costs of operating the electric grid, a plan that some supporters of clean energy argued could greatly reduce the incentive for new residential installations. The proposal from the California Public Utilities Commission would impose higher utility fees on people …

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