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In Northeast, net metering in flux as states look to reform solar policy

By Jan Ellen Spiegel

From new charges and restrictions to buy-all/sell-all models, Northeast states look to upend net metering.

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Inside a Southern coal conference: Pep rallies and fears of an industry’s demise

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San Diego Gas & Electric hits snag in California microgrids rollout

Source: Greentech Media

Midwest Energy News

May 24 2019

Minnesota lawmakers stall on clean energy policy

POLITICS: A bill to put Minnesota on a path to 100 percent clean energy by 2050 fails to pass in the Legislature along with several other clean energy proposals after end-of-session negotiations unravel. (Minnesota Public Radio) SOLAR: • Applications open for an Illinois program designed to make solar more accessible to people usually left out […]

Southeast Energy News

May 24 2019

Florida utility starts building 10 new solar projects

EFFICIENCY: Dominion Energy needs to spend much more on energy efficiency programs in order to hit a state mandate in Virginia, advocates say. (Energy News Network) SOLAR: • Florida Power & Light starts construction on 10 solar projects that are expected to start generating power by 2020. (Herald Tribune) • A Virginia county that recently […]

Northeast Energy News

May 24 2019

Massachusetts lawmakers urge do-over of pipeline permit

PIPELINES: A group of Massachusetts lawmakers say state environmental officials have lost public trust after an air permit was approved for a compressor station based on incomplete data, and the process should be restarted. (Patriot-Ledger) BIOMASS: The New Hampshire Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a revised plan to save the state’s biomass plants that must […]

Western Energy News

May 24 2019

Oregon adopts stricter rules for solar on farmland

SOLAR: An Oregon land commission approves new rules restricting commercial solar development on millions of acres of prime farmland, a move supported by some of the state’s winemakers. (Oregon Public Broadcasting) ALSO: • Clean energy advocates say a utility’s plan to create a new charge for net-metering customers in Montana could kill the state’s burgeoning […]

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Nearly half of voters expect next car will be electric

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