What’s New In Solar?

Industry Experts, Technological Leaders. Renewable Solar is at the forefront of industry advancements, and quick to offer new technologies to clients. The articles below are intended to help you stay abreast of changes in the industry, product enhancements and key issues within the legislative environment.

Report finds more states incentivizing low-income community solar

 

The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q3 2023 edition of “The 50 States of Solar.” The quarterly series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on distributed solar policy, with a focus on net metering, distributed solar valuation, community solar, residential fixed charges, residential demand and solar charges, third-party ownership and utility-led rooftop solar programs.Read More


Applications now open for IRA low-income bonus credit

Application info and tips from DOE and Treasury leaders

SEIA held a webinar on October 24 with Anisha Steephen, Senior Advisor to the Counselor for Racial Equity at Dept. of Treasury and Rebecca Feuerlicht, Chief of the Energy Justice Projects Division at the Dept. of Energy. The two discussed some key points of the low-income bonus credit application opening.Read More


Appeals court will hear challenge to California’s new rooftop solar rules

California’s 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco will hear a legal challenge to the state’s recently adopted rooftop solar rules. Three groups challenged the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) decision to slash the value of electricity generated from solar panels and install $15 monthly fees for residents who add solar panels to their rooftops.

Proposed Changes to Rooftop Solar Would Hurt Renters, Farms, and Schools

Groups Call for CPUC to Reject Utility-Backed Proposal to Make Rooftop Solar Unaffordable for Renters, Farms, and Schools

New rules proposed yesterday by California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) would make it unaffordable for renters in multifamily housing, farms, and schools to benefit from rooftop solar and battery storage.  The proposed decision hurts renters in California by denying multifamily properties the ability to consume the energy that they produce on-site without selling it to the utility and buying it back at higher rates.Read More


IRS releases guidance on direct pay and transferability under IRA

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The Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations and frequently asked questions today describing rules for applicable entities that earn certain clean energy credits and choose to make an elective payment election and rules for eligible taxpayers that elect to transfer certain credits to unrelated parties. Many of the fine-print details won’t be released until June 21, 2023.Read More


Surge in Applications Causes Interconnection Slowdown

Utility timeliness for processing interconnection applications have been painful lately. We are hearing it from everyone. You are not alone. Everyone is feeling it. Some contractors are relating to us that customers are upset by these delays and assuming their contractor doesn’t know what they are doing. To help address that, we have produced this memo. It is addressed from CALSSA to you, but the intention is to give you something you can in turn show customers that they see as impartial.Read More