Author: Kristin Musulin@kristinmusulin Published: July 18, 2019 Smart City Dive Dive Brief: The Berkeley, CA City Council unanimously voted this week to ban natural gas infrastructure in new low-rise residential buildings, beginning Jan 1. 2020. The legislation also requires that all new
LevelTen Q3 2019 PPA Price Index Reveals Competition and Expiring Tax Credits as Main Driver on PPA Prices
Author: Level 10 Published: 10/16/19 Corporate demand, utility demand, and decreasing renewables costs seen as the primary drivers of renewables growth Each quarter, the LevelTen Energy PPA Price Index provides an in-depth look at average
Electric revolution: How are cities overcoming EV range anxiety?
Author: Chris Teale Published: 10/17/19 Utility Dive Credit: Yujin Kim, Industry Dive The number of U.S. electric vehicles is expected to skyrocket in the coming decades. But how are cities and utilities
If You’re Already Replacing Your Roof, Why Not Turn It Into A Power Plant?
Author: Peter Kelly-Detwiler Published: 10/16/19 Forbes Do I simply replace the roof, or make an investment? IMAGE: GAF ENERGY Every year, roughly 5% of U.S. homeowners gaze forlornly up at their aging and weathered shingles, sigh, and take the
City Selects Firm Proposing Solar Energy Farm at Former Sunnyside Landfill
Author: Tejal Patel Publish: 08/29/19 Mayor’s Office > Press Releases August 29, 2019 — Mayor Sylvester Turner announced today that Sunnyside Energy, led by developer
Californians Learning That Solar Panels Don’t Work in Blackouts
Author: Chris Martin Published: 10/10/19 Bloomberg Climate Changed Californians have embraced rooftop solar panels more than anyone in the U.S., but many are learning the hard way the systems won’t keep the
Over 300 Communities in 40 States Now “Open for Solar Business”
Author: Solar Industry Association (SEIA) Published: 10/10/19 National SolSmart program achieves goal to place 300 local governments on path to solar energy growth WASHINGTON, D.C., – From Anchorage, Alaska, to Sarasota, Florida, more than 300 local governments have
The Solar+ Decade: Roadmap for Building the Solar+ Economy
Author: Solar Industry Association (SEIA) Published: 9/23/19 SALT LAKE CITY and WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of the first steps into the Solar+ Decade, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released a roadmap that puts solar energy on a path
Introduction to Virtual Power Purchase Agreements for Corporations
Author: Zach Starsia Published: March 13, 2019 Level 10 ENERGY Virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) are becoming an increasingly popular way for corporations to achieve their renewable energy
U.S. Energy Markets 101: How Electricity Markets Work
Author: Maryssa Barron Published: October 10, 2019 Level 10 Energy The structure of the U.S. electricity market is complicated, to say the least. It reflects years of debates over federal vs. states’ rights, market regulation vs. deregulation, monopolies
Supreme Court rejects SDG&E appeal on who pays for wildfire costs
Author: Rob Nikolewski Published: 10/7/19 Los Angeles Times Firefighters battle the 2007 Witch Creek fire. (San Diego Union-Tribune) The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will not hear San Diego
Trump Administration rescinds 25% tariff exemption for bifacial solar panels
Author: Iulia Gheorghiu Published: 10/8/19 Credit: Department of Energy Solar Decathlon / Flickr Dive Brief: The Trump administration on Friday eliminated a tariff exclusion announced in June for a growing solar technology as part of the White
Tech tip: Manage energy consumption with a Fronius smart meter
Author: Gronius Published: Oct. 8, 2019 Utility Dive What is the Smart Meter? Are you facing feed-in limitations for a solar system, or would you like to monitor a house’s energy consumption? Fronius has you covered:
Energy Secretary Perry pulled into impeachment fray while denying reports he’ll resignu
Author: Iulia Gheorghi Published” 10/4/19 update 10/8/19 Utility Dive UPDATE: Oct. 8, 2019: Secretary Rick Perry rejected on Monday recent news coverage about his potential exit in November. “One of these days [the media] will probably get it
As CCAs take over utility customers, local generation emerges as the next
Author: Herman K. Trabish Published: Oct. 8, 2019 Utility Dive The demand for customer choice has the potential to quicken the power system’s transition toward cheaper, cleaner power, and is moving beyond California. Anenewed national expansion of community
Nothing standing in the way of energy storage’s ‘explosive growth’: Navigant
Author: HJ Mai Published: 9/16/19 Utility Dive The growth of the global energy storage market is creating one headline after another, as analysis after analysis predicts new heights of investments and deployments. Coupled with falling
A Trump tariff boost? Georgia solar manufacturing plant will be North America’s largest
Author: Catherine Morehouse Sept. 24, 2019 Utility Dive Dive Brief: A global photovoltaic manufacturer on Friday opened the largest solar manufacturing plant in the western hemisphere, citing the Trump administration’s import tariffs as critical to its decision to
SEIA’s 10-Year Roadmap for U.S. Solar: What You Need to Know
Author: Gwen Brown Published: 9/28/19 Aurora Blog Credit: SolarWorld This past week, the Aurora team had the pleasure of exhibiting at Solar Power International (SPI), which brought more than 19,000 professionals to Salt Lake
PG&E noteholders propose injecting $29.2B in utility in exchange for majority stake
Author: Robert Walton@TeamWetDog Published: Sept. 26, 2019 Utility Dive Dive Brief: A group of Pacific Gas & Electric noteholders on Wednesday proposed injecting $29.2 billion in new money into the bankrupt utility in exchange for control of the company and new
California proposes IOUs collect $900M annually for wildfire fund, with one major hurdle for PG&E
Author: RobertWalton@dogteamwetdog Published: 9/25/19 Dive Brief: The California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed decisionMonday that would authorize the state’s investor-owned utilities to collect $902.4 million annually for a wildfire mitigation fund authorized by state lawmakers this summer. The