by Adam Browning
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Grading the states on net metering and interconnection standards
Freeing the grid 0
Posted 2 days, 11 hours ago It's that time of year again ... no, not when turduckens appear on dinner tables nationwide and it becomes somehow acceptable to call the marshmallow a vegetable. It's time for the 2009 edition of "Freeing the Grid," an annual report card to states on their net metering and interconnection standards. Together, these two key policies empower energy customers (that's you) to go solar and reduce your utility bills.Although there is still plenty of room for improvement, this year's report shows solid progress across most states -- an indicator that these once-obscure policies are becoming accepted best practices. Oregon… Read More
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If PACE can make it in New York, PACE can make in anywhere
New York passes clean energy financing bill 0
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago The New York State Legislature has not, of late, been able to agree on anything--the budget, same-sex marriage, and even, for awhile, which party was in the majority.But there is one thing they are unanimous about: clean energy finanancing. Last night, by a vote of 192-0, the famously combative body passed S66004-a/A 4000A-a, a bill that enables municipalities in the state to set up special financing districts to help residents finance investments in energy efficiency and solar.
Called property assessed clean energy (PACE), it's a model that allows cities to issue bonds to help residents finance investments in energy… Read More
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Also, they cheat at strip poker
Supermodels doing their part for the climate change cause 0
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They are asking for it, really asking for it
LADWP asks public for input on solar plans 0
Posted 2 months ago When it comes to sustainability, Los Angeles has its work cut out for it. Read More -
Does the Wall Street Journal employ anyone who understands energy markets? 14
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago Actually, I think they do. Read More -
A market-based feed-in tariff
California proposes new program for 1 GW of renewables 2
Posted 3 months ago The California Public Utilities Commission issued a new proposal today designed to significantly increase the amount of solar energy installed in the state. It is kind of like a feed-in tariff, but different. Call it a feed-in tariff v2.0. Read More -
Can't we all be friends?
Solar wars 4
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago Note to utilities: solar is popular with your customers. Read More -
And definitely cheaper than terraforming Mars
Solar is getting cheap 14
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago Much of the rhetoric against energy legislation of any kind—and at any level—centers on cost. So advocates spend a lot of time explaining why continuing with the status quo is not a low cost option. Read More -
By the numbers
Renewable energy is more exciting than cap-and-trade! 3
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago When asked their preference for addressing energy needs, a dominant plurality of Americans identified increasing use of renewable energy (34%), with only 9% preferring the cheapest energy sources. Read More -
And George Will should stick to writing about baseball or whatever it is he knows something--anything--about
Yes, green jobs do exist and are good for the economy 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago Remember that transparently hackjob Spanish report railing against green jobs that made the rounds of the fossil lobby (in and out of Congress) earlier in the year? Read More
