this site has a good blog although they need to post more regularly. anyone listening? :)

Love this perspective - and totally agree. Less polarization and more solution building is a great approach. The grid is a complex, ancient, beast to run and manage. No one in the energy industry has an easy job.

My take on this question is that electricity costs are so high because hudge funds and VCs are profiting from and managing our IOUs. This has been the case for over a century. Just running a cost savings estimate for a solar system owner proves this, in my humble opinion. If one solar system can save a single property owner three-quarter million dollars over 20 years, then it's simple math to...

ASES workshop July 28- August 1 for women to do a hands on PV educations ( this is very needed, and long overdue, and ASES is awesome!): WOMEN HANDS-ON PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) WORKSHOP

SEIA webinar this week on women in the trades: Breaking Ground: Advancing Women in the Trades with Chicago Women in the Trades (CWIT)

babes and solar, two of my favorite things combined.

This resolution was just issued today in this rule making. It finalizes the approval of SCE’s microgrid program agreements for general participants and mandates the creation of more accessible agreements for local and tribal government microgrid projects, acknowledging their unique challenges and limitations.

There's a webinar on 7/18 about how the program works: Storage: SMUD’s Energy StorageShares Program

The Energy Division is soliciting informal comments for minor changes to the Contractors State License Board Solar Energy System Disclosure Document, per Resolution E-5364. Implementation of the Solar Energy System Disclosure Document, with the anticipated changes below, will begin on November 1, 2025, consistent with Resolution E-5364. Potential changes are as follows: Adding a box...

One of the most effective policy approaches that has helped farms install solar is "community solar with agricultural dual-use incentives", like the Massachusetts SMART Program (Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target) with its Agrivoltaics Incentive. Their program gives extra payments per kilowatt-hour are offered if the solar panels are installed in a way that allows continued agricultural...