Author: Stacy Mitchell Published: 6/30/2023 IRSL FEATURES Amazon’s Tight Grip on Cloud Computing Poses Multiple Threats JUNE 29, 2023 Cloud computing services are the backbone of the modern economy. The world’s biggest companies, including banks, hospitals,
Solar Snapshot: New Prize for PV System Owners; Technology Commercialization Fund Selections
Author: US EERE Staff Published: 6/30/2023 EERE Solar Energy Technologies Office What’s New? New Prize Launched to Expand Solar Energy Systems Data DOE launched the American-Made Solar Data Bounty Prize, which will award a total of $1.4 million in
Weekly Jolt 6/28/23⚡️ Essential News for Clean Energy Champions
Author: ERE Staff Published: 6/28/23 EERE In the News 2030 National Charging Network: Estimating U.S. Light-Duty Demand for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure A new report by DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory will serve as a strategic framework for
Briefing Invitation: Proposed Guidance on Elective Pay and Transferability
Author: WHCEQ Staff Published: 6/29/2023 WHCEQ Greetings, This month the Biden-Harris Administration issued proposed guidance on elective pay and transferability mechanisms established under the Inflation Reduction Act that will help states, local governments, non-profits, and other eligible entities access clean
Here’s what’s new at Green The Church the week of June 26, 2023.
Author: GTC Staff: Published: 6/27/2023 Green The Church Green The Church Empowers Black Churches to Close the Clean Energy Gap Green The Church features prominently in a recent article in Faithfully Magazine‘s Growing a GREEN Church series, focused on churches’ efforts
Conversation with Kimberly Bullock CEO of USB Solar Solutions
Author: USB Solar Solutions Staff Published: 6/27/2023 USB Solar Solutions USB Solar Solutions was formed in 2019, after careful consideration of the effects of climate change. With 30+ years of combined experience in Customer Relations/Sales, Corey and Kimberly
DOE Launches New Solar Data Bounty Prize
Author: US EERE Staff Published: 6/27/2023 EERE Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the American-Made Solar Data Bounty Prize, a new competition designed to increase the accessibility of high-quality time-series datasets for photovoltaic (PV) systems. These types of datasets
EEOC Starts Accepting Charges Under New Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Author: EEOC Staff Published: 6/27/2023 U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) WASHINGTON – Today, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) will take effect, expanding long-overdue protections to ensure that workers experiencing pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions have the right to reasonable
Reports On Police Misconduct Show Kristen Clarke Is Leading The U.S. Justice Department Into A New Age On Civil Rights
Author: Marc H. Morial 6/24/2023 NUL Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “I want to ensure that the doors of justice remain open so all the people can feel that they are seen and heard,
Ford receives massive $9.2B loan to boost US EV battery capacity
Author: Peter Johnson Published: 6/22/2023 Electrack Ford Motor is set to receive the single largest loan in the history of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Program Office. The whopping $9.2 billion will be used to build
Three states just barred utilities from charging customers for lobbying
Author: Maxine Joselow Published: 6/21/2023 Washington Post That’s about to change in three states — Colorado, Connecticut and Maine — that recently passed laws to prohibit this practice. Proponents of the measures, which garnered bipartisan support,
FY23 Community Solar RFP Deadline Extended to this 06/30!
Author: DCSEU Staff Published: 6/16/2023 DCSEU SOLAR FOR ALL RFP | June 2023 Solar for All CREF RFP Response Deadline Extended to June 30th! The DCSEU recently reissued the FY 2023 Solar for All Community Renewable Energy Facilities (CREF or
Inexpensive Solar Panels Are Essential for the Energy Transition. Here’s What’s Happening With Prices Right Now
Author: Dan Gearino Published: 6/15/2023 Inside Climate News One of the keys to feasibility of the energy transition is that the new sources of electricity cost less than the old ones—hopefully a lot less. For years, it was
Juneteenth: Not A Moment Of Liberation, But An Ongoing Journey Of Persistence And Hope
Author: Marc H. Morial Published: 6/16/23 National Urban League “The slave went free; stood a brief moment in the sun; then moved back again toward slavery.” — W.E.B. Du Bois Just a dozen years after Major General Gordon Granger’s Order Number 3
Consumer Alert: DC Electricity Rates to Increase Effective June 1,2023
Author: PC-DC Staff Published: 6/16/2023 PC-DC Consumer Alert June 15, 2023 Be Prepared for Costly Electric Rate Increase With the June Billing Cycle People’s Counsel Sandra Mattavous-Frye alerts DC residential and small business customers who take
DOE Announces Intent to Fund Up to $36 Million for Industrial Thin-Film Photovoltaic Research, Development, and Demonstration
Author: US DOE Staff Published: 6/14/2023 EERE EERE Funding Opportunity DOE Announces Intent to Fund Up to $36 Million for Industrial Thin-Film Photovoltaic Research, Development, and Demonstration Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies
DOE Launches New Round of American-Made Solar Prize
Author: US DOE Published: 6/12/2023 EERE Solar Energy Technologies Office New Contest Offers Cash Prizes and Business Development Support for New and Diverse Innovators WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of the American-Made Solar Prize
Training and Employment Notice No. 28-22: Partnering with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Agencies to Support Able-bodied Adults as the Public Health Emergency Ends
Author: US DOL Staff Published: 6/9/2023 DOL Training and Employment Notice No. 28-22 PURPOSE To encourage state, local, and community workforce development grantees to partner with agencies that administer SNAP to provide access to work and job
The US clean energy manufacturing boom has begun. Now what?
Author: JULIAN SPECTOR Published: 6/5/2023 Canary Media The remnants of the Weirton Steel facility put the finishing touches on steel now made elsewhere. WEIRTON, West Virginia — On a recent May day, some 235 people gathered from across the country
First Historically Black University Joins Board at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Author: US DOE Staff Published: 5/19/2023 DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy First Historically Black University Joins Board at National Renewable Energy Laboratory Howard University and NREL Join Forces to Increase Diversity