This week’s Energy Show, breaks down: Why your rates are rising 8-10% per year (and won’t stop anytime soon) How utilities are gaming the system with political donations and shady regulations What the Solar Rights Alliance wants you to know about this rigged game How rooftop solar + batteries...

If you own enough solar for all of your power needs, you utility bill shouldn't be high -it should be close to zero.

make the case for how it impacts your business... that's usually bipartisan.

The funding freeze raises concerns, especially for projects that rely on federal dollars. For us, we're in the early stages of a microgrid project and while we don’t rely directly on federal funds, it could still cause delays or impact some of our partnerships. It’ll be interesting to see how...

My preferred method is doing Google alerts for specific topics. I also think joining the trade associations like California Solar & Storage Association, Solar Energy Industries Association, Microgrid Knowledge, etc. are the best way to get the latest updates on relevant news through their email...

For any communities looking for resources on developming a community solar or microgrid program, I recommend checking out NREL's C2C program. Their C2C program provides communities with expertise and tools to achieve clean energy goals across a range of technologies through the 3-month expert...

Barry Cinnamon just did a couple of great podcasts on his Energy SHow with the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Enphase, Raghur Belur. I highly recommend anyone interested in this thread listening to them. The second one was uplifting as Raghur is an optimist and believes that technology...

following and upset by this misguided legislation.

O&M is an important revinue source for solar contractors, but I think it make more sense for larger systems.

If you live in a CA community with a CCA, there might local storage incentives available too. Here are details on a few of them: San Diego Community Power's Solar Battery Savings Program San Diego Community Power (SDCP) serves about 1 million customers across San Diego County. Launched in...

When choosing a solar panel, most people focus on efficiency, cost, and durability, but there are several less commonly considered factors that can significantly impact your decision: 1. Degradation Rate: Solar panels degrade over time, meaning their efficiency decreases as they age. Panels...

Following and will contribute too !

California is ground zero for the utility war against rooftop solar, which is very unfortantely, and misguidedly, currently being supported by some local uninions. Personally, I maintain hope that unions will realize worker rights and rooftop solar jobs are in alignment not opposition. Anyways...

Me: what is the single most important action one person can take to stop climate change before it reaches a point of irreversable, catastrophic world destruction? AI: It's challenging to pinpoint a single most important action, as addressing climate change requires a combination of efforts at...

I'm starting a thread to brainstorm innovative approaches for eliciting high-quality AI responses regarding climate change-related topics. Please away! :) Thnx

I recommend attending one of Novogradac's energy and tax credit conferences. Given how integral tax credits, etc. and accounting in general are to cleantech ownership models, I'vefound their conferences to be helpful. I'll be at the conference they are having in SD this week. Novogradac 2024...

North American Clean Energy should be added to this list. They've been around for a while. I'm also really enjoying Microgrid Knowledge as Jared mentioned. they are bit more recen, but have been doing a good job

All good comments and a good question. Too many people think there is an obvious answer to this question and fail to understand that a suprprising amount of people still don't believe climate change is even occurring! I think it's impossible for everyone to come to 100% consensus on this...

The Solar Rights Alliance has some good links for background materials and advocacy: State Supreme Court grants review of lawsuit against NEM3 rooftop solar decision. I'm trying to stay up to speed on the case too. Appreciate the thread. Thx