Solar Workforce Diversity
After pipeline feud, Virginia nonprofit aims to reunite community with solar
A weeklong boot camp in Union Hill, Virginia, trained 10 area residents on the basics of installing rooftop solar.
Southeast
North Carolina
N.C. regulators ignore calls for more hearings on Duke’s long-range plans
Critics wanted the state Utilities Commission to gather more evidence before deciding on the long-range resource plan.
efficiency
Mississippi’s move toward long-term energy planning could boost efficiency
Utility regulators’ move to create a formal long-term energy planning process could lead to a shake-up in the Southeast’s electricity mix.
North Carolina
Clean energy groups say N.C. ratemaking bill gives Duke a pass on real reform
Multiyear ratemaking should be paired with performance goals or metrics that encourage clean energy, groups say.
PACE financing
In Virginia, local government holdouts slow rollout of clean energy financing tool
The state’s property assessed clean energy law requires local governments to pass ordinances to establish the program.
economic development
This Virginia city is rooted in tobacco, but its revival is drawing power from solar
Danville, Virginia, is in the midst of an economic and civic revival that’s powered in part by new solar projects.