Policy

Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance. November 23, 2022 The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory announced the hiring of Chris Heckle as the clean technology think tank’s first director of the Materials Manufacturing Innovation Center (MMIC), Argonne’s newly formed advanced materials and chemical manufacturing research center for energy …

People on the Move: Argonne, PosiGen, Mortenson and more Read More »

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The state’s Commission was not convinced by DTE Energy’s argument that distributed energy causes a cost shift, and that the utility improperly modeled the benefits of distributed generation. November 21, 2022 In February, Michigan electric utility DTE Energy proposed new charges to future residential solar customers that would harshly devalue the investment, working in direct …

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Since July, only two customers have installed solar in NIPSCO’s 1.2 million customer territory following a new net metering rulemaking. The case has been elevated to the Supreme Court. November 17, 2022 On July 1, 2022, regulators and utilities in the state of Indiana killed rooftop solar. Rulemaking proceedings led to the slashing of net …

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The California Air Resources Board released its most aggressive climate plan to date, targeting net-zero by 2045 or earlier, and creating 4 million jobs along the way. November 17, 2022 The California Air Resources Board (CARB), a state agency vested with the power to regulate air pollution released its Scoping Plan, setting the marching orders …

California climate policy to kill fossil fuels, shining a spotlight on solar Read More »

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Sunrise brief: Solar industry requests that Commerce throw out the tariff case Read More »

More than 240 companies signed on to a letter drafted by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), requesting that the Auxin antidumping petition is thrown out in the December 1 preliminary hearing. November 16, 2022 A coalition of more than 240 solar and energy storage companies have signed on to a Solar Energy Industries Association …

Solar industry sends letter to Commerce requesting rejection of tariff case Read More »

The U.S. Department of Commerce has delayed its ruling on the anticircumvention/antidumping case levied against four Southeast Asian countries alleged of harboring tariff-dodging solar goods. November 15, 2022 Over the last year, the threat of tariffs has been one of the most significant headwinds in the deployment of solar in the United States. Solar deployments …

Commerce pushes solar preliminary antidumping tariff decision to December 1, 2022 Read More »

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Sunrise brief: Visualizing the remarkable progress of solar energy  Read More »

From pv magazine 11/2022. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law by US President Joe Biden in August, is the largest climate and energy spending package in US history. The massive bill includes $600 billion in spending, $370 billion of which is dedicated to renewables and climate resilience. “This act includes $369 billion to …

The role of solar in the Inflation Reduction Act Read More »