SPI Report: Bill Clinton Talks Solar Sense
Clinton: Industry Has Failed to Educate Americans Former President Bill Clinton, addressing several thousand attendees at Solar Power International on Wednesday, promised that renewable energy will win its battle for acceptance and broad installation. “The only question is when, where and how,” he said. “Most Americans don’t know that the solar industry employs more than [...]
SPI Report: National Permitting Database and Other News
Blogging from Solar Power International in Orlando: Clean Power Finance Launches Database of Local Permitting Rules As ASES launched its Solar Freedom Now campaign, CPF began demonstrating the prototype for a national database of local permitting rules and practices. According to James Tong, senior director for program management, the National Solar Permitting Database (demo here) [...]
ASES, Industry Leaders Launch Solar Freedom Now Campaign
Goal is to Cut Solar Costs in Half by Eliminating Paperwork and Red Tape Orlando, FL, September 7, 2012 – The American Solar Energy Society’s new campaign, Solar Freedom Now (SFN), is taking on the biggest cost hurdle for solar power – the paperwork and red tape that doubles installation costs. The organization’s goal is [...]
Text of California SB1222, Capping Solar Permitting Fees
Summary: The new law caps residential permitting fees at $500, plus $15 per watt above 15kW, and commercial fees at $1,000, with additional per-watt fees above 50kW, unless the county or municipality passes a resolution or ordinance finding “substantial evidence” that costs are higher. California SB1222 SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all [...]
Cuomo Signs New York Solar Package
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on August 9 announced that $107 million is available through the NY-Sun initiative for a major solar power incentive program that will increase the amount of electricity generated by PV systems throughout New York. The NY-Sun Competitive PV Program, administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority [...]
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