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California Upgrades its Net Metering Policy

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California's solar industry scored a significant policy victory with the passage of AB 510, which raises the requirement on the state’s electric utilities to “net meter” customer-sited solar systems to 5% of a utility’s annual peak demand from 2.5%.Read more

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Let’s Get Started!

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electric utilityI attended a very interesting panel at the recently concluded winter committee meetings of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) in Washington, D.C.Read more

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Industry Makes Case for a Strong National Renewable Electricity Standard

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A diverse group of renewable energy companies and industry associations came together on Feb. 4 in Washington, D.C. to press the case for a strong national renewable electricity standard, or RES. Read more

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2010: Surge in Utility-Scale Photovoltaics Coming

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Until now, the U.S. solar photovoltaics (PV) market has been dominated by small to intermediate-scale systems installed on the customer side of the meter, which serve to displace grid electricity used by individual electricity customers with clean solar-generated electricity.Read more

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Will Cities Drive Smart Grid Development?

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San Francisco is working to convert the city’s entire transportation system to cleaner fuels and electricity, and to build an urban infrastructure for electric vehicles.Read more

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