Eighteen Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives have urged House Speaker Mike Johnson to preserve the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) if their party takes control of the political reins in January. August 8, 2024 Eighteen members of the House Republican Conference have written to Speaker Mike Johnson, emphasizing the need to “prioritize business …
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Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election–a choice that’s considered by experts as the winning ticket on climate. Under Waltz’ leadership, Minnesota jumped ahead of the clean energy curve when he signed into law a climate bill that aims for 100% clean energy by 2040. …
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While the lucrative tax credits has attracted clean energy manufacturers from around the world to build factories in the U.S., the fact that many of the new manufacturing facilities are from Chinese companies has created a controversy that this new bill aims to solve. August 1, 2024 A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced the American …
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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources voted to advance the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, a bipartisan piece of legislation aimed at improving permitting for energy infrastructure projects. The solar permitting process has been named as one of the greatest bottlenecks to the deployment of solar projects in the U.S. The process can be challenging …
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Solar trade groups in Washington, Colorado and Minnesota advocated for grant programs to speed permitting for rooftop solar, using software such as SolarAPP+. Three other states also offer grants, with two requiring automated permitting. July 29, 2024 Automated permitting for distributed solar and storage is set to expand well beyond California, as five states follow …
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The role of battery storage on the grid was a major focus of the RE+ Mid-Atlantic conference in Philadelphia last week. In addition to numerous storage vendors and consultants on the show floor, a panel of experts assembled to discuss storage strategies for the PJM interconnection area, covering the Mid-Atlantic region. There was broad agreement …
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Accelerating deployment of rooftop and community solar with supportive policies would help New York meet its goal of 70% renewable power by 2030 at lower cost, says a solar trade group. July 24, 2024 The New York Solar Energy Industries Association has called for “high-impact policy interventions” to move the state beyond its distributed solar …
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Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) released the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, promising to accelerate the permitting processes for energy and mineral projects of all types in the U.S. July 23, 2024 U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), chair and ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources …
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