South Carolina solar

South Carolina Solar Is Rising

By Sara Rafalson After two years of negotiations, the South Carolina House of Representatives voted unanimously earlier this summer on legislation to promote solar in the Palmetto State. As a result of the South Carolina Distributed Energy Resource Act (S.B. 1189), Sol Systems expects the South Carolina solar market to … [continued]

South Carolina Sees The Light About Solar

Originally published on the ECOreport. The American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) hold on South Carolina is weakening. The controversial lobbying organization has been so firmly entrenched that there is a special provision for it in the state’s lobbying law. According to Section 2-17-90: “No public official or public employee may accept … [continued]

The Double Agent and the Gorilla, Part 3

Not long ago, I wrote about Clean Power Finance and its President and CEO Nat Kreamer. At the time, Kreamer — a former military man — appeared to be serving as a “double agent,” playing both sides of the monopoly utilities’ crusade against rooftop solar. Several months later, the double … [continued]