Mar 20, 20182 min readElectricity generation from fossil fuels declined in 2017 as renewable generation roseAccording to EIA’s Electric Power Monthly, total U.S. net electricity generation fell slightly (down 1.5%) in 2017, reflecting lower...
Jan 5, 20172 min readUS Yanks Funds From Unbuilt Windmill FarmA plan to build windmills off the New Jersey coast that has already burned through nearly $11 million and remains dead in the water is...
Dec 31, 20162 min readMA Energy Storage Mandate Targets To Be Set by July• The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has determined it is prudent for the commonwealth to adopt an energy storage...
Dec 9, 20161 min readAbout 30% of distributed solar capacity is owned by third partiesDistributed solar capacity in the United States, which includes all solar power capacity other than utility-scale installations 1 MW or...
Dec 6, 201610 min readNew Tariff Models to help Massachusetts solve the rooftop solar compensation puzzle.In solar policy, Massachusetts seems to have taken up a familiar aphorism: “The difficult we do right away, the impossible takes a little...
Nov 13, 20163 min readPSE&G's Solar 4 All ProgramSolar 4 All is a 125 megawatt-dc (MW-dc) program that utilizes rooftops, parking lots, utility poles and landfills/brownfields for...
Oct 28, 20162 min readWind generation share exceeded 10% in 11 states in 2015In 2015, 11 states generated at least 10% of their total electricity from wind. As recently as 2010, only three states had at least a 10%...
Oct 6, 20161 min readNJ Floats Bill for New Federal Subsidies for SolarHighlights: Lawmakers in New Jersey are considering a bill (S-2276) to deploy more solar panels in the state. The bill would sharply...