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Can Reforms Shift California Program from Controversy to Energy Storage Incentive Model?
The California Public Utilities Commission recently proposed a few changes to California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) that may begin to reshape the program into a national model for incentivizing energy storage deployment.
Read MoreClosing the Clean Energy Divide with Solar+Storage
The combination of solar PV and battery storage technologies is already reducing operating costs for businesses across California, but can solar+storage reduce electric bills for affordable housing as well?
Read MoreNew York Utilities, Solar Developers Partner to Solve Net Metering
Some utilities’ opposition to the so-called free ridership of solar customers, and the related downward pressure on the value of net metering, has become an oft-repeated headline. But this month, utilities and solar developers in New York pioneered a new, cooperative approach to the issue that deserves close attention.
Read MorePairing Energy Storage Solutions with Offshore Wind Development
Energy storage incorporated into renewable energy projects can have multiple benefits for transmission systems and the projects themselves.
Read MoreCan Storage Rescue Solar?
Recently, solar advocates and industry celebrated the renewal of the federal ITC, which will continue to provide significant economic support for solar. On a state and local level, however, the outlook seems less rosy.
Read MoreFrom Efficiency to Energy Storage: A Third-Generation Strategy for Affordable Housing
After over 40 years of promoting energy efficiency and a decade of promoting solar PV in affordable housing, clean energy advocates working in this sector are considering what the next steps should be for further reductions in energy costs for low-income tenants.
Read MoreAn Unexpected Renewable Energy Trend
Over the past three years, numerous news stories have highlighted efforts to roll back state renewable portfolio standards (RPSs), which require electricity suppliers to get an increasing share of their electricity from clean sources. However, most of the significant RPS actions that states have taken have been in the opposite direction.
Read MoreStates Support Clean Energy for Low-Income Residents
Clean energy innovations tend to follow a familiar arc. The newest best thing, whether that is rooftop solar, a Tesla PowerWall, or a Prius in the garage, is bought at a premium by first adopters.
Read MoreClarifying the Role of Distributed Storage in PJM
For a while there, PJM was looking like the promised land for behind-the-meter solar+storage vendors.
Read MoreThe Case for Solar+Storage Tax Credits: Clean Energy Group’s Comments to the IRS
The IRS recently asked for comments on how the investment tax credit (ITC) should cover solar and storage systems. Clean Energy Group’s comments, submitted a few days ago, strongly support the eligibility of storage under the ITC.
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