Good News, Bad News For Solar In Arizona
The first solar power plant operated by the Navajo Nation is up and running in Arizona, where the FBI is investigating a local utility for campaign corruption.
Arizona Public Service (APS)
NREL + China, Duck Season In Australia… (Clean Electricity & Energy Efficiency News)
More solar, wind, and other green/electricity news for your reading pleasure: The Beginners Guide To Lower Heating Bills: For Tenants, Owners and Homelovers In an ideal world our homes would be so well insulated that our bodies and appliances would produce enough heat to keep us warm in winter. Of course life is never ideal, … [continued]
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Own ‘Em—Utilities Muscle In To Rooftop Solar Market
Originally posted at ilsr.org. In the past five years, rooftop solar has revealed the limitations of the archaic electric utility business model, as customers have found generating their own power more cost effective than taking 100% of their energy from the incumbent monopoly. For years, utilities have fought back by … [continued]
Turning Point: In 2014, Politicians Compete For Who Supports Cleantech More
There’s no getting around the fact that clean energy took a popularity hit, particularly among Republicans, with the fossil lobby’s 2011 subterfuge: the phony Solyndra non-“scandal.” We can now say with confidence that there was never any “there there” (“hat tip” to normally pro-fossil fuels Joe Nocera, who wrote that … [continued]
Top 10 Solar Utilities
Originally published on Cost Of Solar. When it comes to integrating solar power into the energy distribution system, the solar PV array that the homeowner or building owner installs is only one part of the equation, because the local electric utility company is a key component of this renewable energy revolution. Without … [continued]
APS Taxes, Arizona Solar Installations Drop
Arizona is learning a lesson the hard way: When you tax something, the market drops. Exhibit A: Arizona Public Service, a state monopoly, ended up with 426 rooftop solar net metering applications in March compared to 889 in March 2013—that’s a significant 52% drop. Exhibit B: There were only 1,077 … [continued]
eLab Accelerator: Kickstarting Energy Innovation Districts (Part 1)
Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Rebecca Cole. This week, RMI kicks off eLab Accelerator, our bootcamp for electricity innovation. More than 100 participants from across the country are rolling up their sleeves to make rapid and targeted progress on the trickiest issues they’re facing. Across the electricity sector, stakeholders are … [continued]
Arizona Rooftop Solar Power Under Threat From APS, Again!
Update: Show your support for solar once more, by attending a meeting at the Arizona Corporation Commission this Thursday, February 6 at 10am at 1200 W. Washington St., Phoenix AZ 85007. If you are unable to join in person, please email your support to the Chairman of the Commission at Stump-web@azcc.gov. As the Chairman and Commissioners to vote … [continued]
SEIA Vows To Continue Efforts To Educate ACC About ‘Value’ Of Solar
Originally published on SEIA.org. WASHINGTON, DC – Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), [yesterday] released the following statement after the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) voted to impose new fees on solar customers statewide: “While we applaud the ACC’s decision to keep net energy metering … [continued]
Amidst Major Solar Battle, Arizona’s Largest Utility Quietly Renews ALEC Membership
Originally published on ClimateProgress by Kiley Kroh As hearings begin to determine the fate of Arizona’s booming solar industry, Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest utility, quietly renewed its membership in the corporate anti-clean energy group the American Legislative Exchange Council after publicly leaving it in 2012. APS spokesman Jim McDonald told the Arizona Capitol … [continued]
