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Net Metering: A Net Positive

May 17th, 2013 | by Guest Contributor

This article first appeared on Mosaic. by Rosana Francescato There’s been a lot of talk lately about net metering. What’s so [&hellip

Utility “Gets Ready” For More Local Energy In Hawai’i

April 17th, 2013 | by John Farrell

This post originally appeared on ILSR’s Energy Self-Reliant States blog. Hawai’an solar advocates are celebrating after the island state’s largest utility, Hawai’ian [&hellip

From Soybeans To Solar — A Community Energy Project Sprouts From Wisconsin Fields

April 16th, 2013 | by John Farrell

This post originally appeared on ILSR’s Energy Self-Reliant States blog. Just north of Delavan, Wisconsin, is Dan Osborne’s nursery farm. Where [&hellip

PG&E’s Green Option Gives Customers Opportunity To Support Renewable Energy

April 15th, 2013 | by Joshua S Hill

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, announced on Friday last [&hellip

300 Reasons Utilities Should Do These 3 Things For Distributed Solar

March 1st, 2013 | by John Farrell

In the next decade, over 300 gigawatts (GW) of unsubsidized solar energy could be deployed across the United States, generating [&hellip

Why Boulder Has To Buy Out Its Electric Utility For A Clean Energy Future

January 29th, 2013 | by John Farrell

In late 2011, citizens of Boulder, CO, voted to boot their incumbent electric utility, Xcel Energy, and form a municipal [&hellip

The Most Amazing, Interactive US Solar Grid Parity Map

January 15th, 2013 | by John Farrell

Within a decade, 300,000 megawatts of unsubsidized local solar power could compete with utility electricity prices in almost every state, [&hellip

Is Your Utility Ready For A Solar Rooftop Revolution?

January 7th, 2013 | by John Farrell

Within a decade, more than 35 million buildings may be generating their own solar electricity (without subsidies) at prices [&hellip

Overturning the ‘15% Rule’ Can Expand Distributed Generation

July 2nd, 2012 | by John Farrell

If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a “rule” that precludes distributed renewable energy projects from supplying more than 15% [&hellip

Can the US Reach 23 GW Installed Utility-Scale PV Solar?

June 27th, 2012 | by Silvio Marcacci

A new analysis reveals a staggering 23 gigawatts of current and potential utility-scale photovoltaic capacity across America

Coal Falls While Clean Tech Rises in Survey of Electric Utility Industry

June 5th, 2012 | by Silvio Marcacci

Utilities in the United States are shifting away from coal toward sustainability initiatives, electric vehicles, and clean technology – but uncertainty about pending regulation continues to loom large and environmental efforts may significantly hike consumer rates

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Net Metering a Cost to Utilities, or a Benefit?

May 21st, 2012 | by John Farrell

Utilities often claim that allowing customers to run their meter backward (by generating electricity on-site, e.g. from rooftop solar) [&hellip

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Trade-in the 20th Century Electric Grid, Don’t Trade-off Local Energy

April 4th, 2012 | by John Farrell

In a New York Times SundayReview piece last month – Drawing the Line at Power Lines – Elisabeth Rosenthal [&hellip

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Here Comes the Sun – The Chart Paul Krugman Left Out

December 12th, 2011 | by John Farrell

This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. Nobel [&hellip

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Clever Accounting Lets Utilities Cash In When You Go Solar

August 9th, 2011 | by John Farrell

I recently got a copy of a utility bill for a Minnesota business that has a 40-kilowatt (kW) solar PV array. I wanted to learn how quickly he’d pay off his array with the electricity savings. I was shocked

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When Is It Time to Break Up with Your Utility?

July 12th, 2011 | by John Farrell

When is it time to break up with your utility? Perhaps it’s when they come to ratepayers for $30 million in cost overruns on a “free” smart grid project. Or when they fail to meet deadlines to propose a new franchise agreement. Or when they cite national security in an effort to avoid sharing load information. Or when they crash your office with 9 employees to present their delayed franchise plan. Or perhaps when the propose raising rates again to keep up with rising fossil fuel prices