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Blame California Politicians for Electric Rate Increases

Jan 10, 2024 | Energy Politics, News

The Energy Show · Blame California Politicians for the 28% Electric Rate Increases on 1/1/2024 As in year’s past, we in California greet the New Year with yet another electric rate increase. It’s almost impossible to believe this time — but on January 1, 2024,...

What is the Future of Solar Distribution

Protecting Your Right to Go Solar

Feb 27, 2014 | Business, Cheap Energy, Improving Solar, News

Your right to go solar and get full credit for the electricity you send back to the grid is threatened. Not just in California and Arizona and Hawaii — but also at virtually every single investor owned utility (the aptly named IOUs) in the country. Net metering is the...

Solar Startups Are Hot Again

Oct 12, 2013 | Business, Improving Solar, News

Solar start-ups are hot again — especially those that address the “downstream” part of the value chain: installer services, customer acquisition, system design tools and analytical systems. And as in years past, there are a dozens of companies showing new...

On the Road Towards Energy Independence

Jul 5, 2012 | Business, Cheap Energy, Economics, News

With all the bad press about the renewable energy industry, it’s easy to miss the fact that we are moving steadily down the road towards energy independence. It’s a trip that we need to make, but it hasn’t been easy and there’s no way we can...

Yesterday’s Solar Eclipse – Tomorrow’s Healthy Solar Industry

May 22, 2012 | Business, Cheap Energy, Government, Improving Solar, News

There was a solar eclipse yesterday. The kind in the sky where the moon partially obscures the sun. Not an eclipse of the Solar Industry. Definitely Not. Yes, I know things are tougher than they’ve been in recent years. 35% tariffs on modules using Chinese...