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NICE: Energy Efficiency Legislation Signed by Obama
President Obama signed the American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act (H.R. 6582) on Wednesday after the bill received bipartisan support in Congress. The law is a modification of the Enabling Energy Savings Innovations Act (H.R. 4850) and includes elements of the Shaheen-Portman senate bill. Energy efficiency enthusiasts hailed the move, but also cautioned that there [...]
California SB-43 Re-introduced as Legislation
Please take the time to help us to help SB-43 pass. It has the potential to revolutionize the way that solar is sold today, and open up the market to renters, people with wonky roofs, shaded homes, etc. Summary (from Senator Lois Wolk): “As proposed to be amended, SB 43 will establish a program that allows [...]
“Stop the War on Coal Act” Passed
The House Republicans recently passed H.R. 3409, the “Stop the War on Coal Act” that supposedly counters the Obama Administration’s hostility to coal jobs. Although it won’t pass the Democratically-controlled Senate, it’s part of their election year messaging, along with Solyndra. Obama has promised to veto the bill if it does get to his desk. The bill would “protect coal [...]
RIP: California Community Solar Bill
Senate Bill 843, a piece of legislation that would have extended the benefits of renewable energy to millions of Californians, died last Friday in the state’s Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce. Currently, 75% of households cannot install residential solar (and other renewable energy) systems for one reason or another. One of the most significant [...]
China Strikes Back Against U.S Energy Subsidies
The Global Green War had started with the US imposing duties on imports of Chinese made solar panels and cells. Subsequently dumping charges were also imposed on wind energy equipment made in China as well. China has not been able to do much against these duties as it exports almost 80-90% of its solar products. [...]
The “No More Solyndras” Act
Republican lawmakers are formalizing their assault on Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantees for young clean energy companies with the “No More Solyndras Act.” The tagline is: Legislation Will Ensure Taxpayers Are Never Again Left on the Hook for the Administration’s Risky Bets Even though two years of investigations uncovered no wrong-doing, and DOE’s program [...]
What is the Green Deal?
With increasing press coverage, there are increasing rumours (and confusion) as to what the Green Deal is, and which industries it’ll cover. The Energy Bill was introduced in Parliament on the 8th of December, 2010, which included the Green Deal itself. The goal of the programme is to “revolutionise the efficiency of British properties” according [...]
U.S. Senate Pushes Tax Bill, Solar Grants to Official Vote
As expected, the U.S. Senate yesterday pushed the tax compromise bill to an official vote. Why do we care, you ask? The revised version of the tax bill that will be voted on most likely Wednesday this week includes a year-long extension of the renewableenergy Treasury Grant Program, which provides commercial renewableenergy projects a cash rebate [...]
Group Net Metering: Community Solar’s Golden Ticket
Almost every state in the country has net metering laws on the books. But only a few states allow a lesser-known policy that is critical for the expansion of distributed renewables, particularly community-scale solar— that’s aggregate, virtual, or group net metering. And there are a lot of good reasons to want to see its expansion. [...]