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Archive for November, 2009
Enthusiasm and Challenges Highlight National Green Workforce Education Conference
Monday, November 30th, 2009Albany, NY – More than 500 participants from across the U.S. and Europe packed plenary and breakout sessions at the third New Ideas in Educating a Workforce in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Conference, November 19-20 in New York’s capital city. National leaders in renewable education and training shared valuable, updated information and insight into ... Read More
SolarTech Launches Solar Industry “Permitting Challenge” to Showcase Integrated Solutions for Online Permit Applications
Monday, November 30th, 2009SolarTech convenes an industry wide competition to develop online permitting solutions that will reduce time and eliminate the redundant paperwork associated with the permitting of solar systems. This work is in-line with the consortium’s goal to reduce permitting cycle time by 50% by 2011. SolarTech issued a software interoperability standard at the Solar Power International ... Read More
New ‘Freeing the Grid’ report released; states improving best practices that drive renewable energy markets and job growth
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009New York – November 24, 2009 – Renewable energy advocates today released the 2009 Edition of Freeing the Grid, a policy guide that grades states on their current net metering and interconnection practices. Together these two policies empower energy customers to use solar and other renewables to meet their own electricity needs. This third edition ... Read More
November 09 State-by-State Interconnection & Net Metering Tables Available
Monday, November 23rd, 2009November 09 State-by-State Interconnection & Net Metering Tables Available (see Resources)
Alaska RCA approves net metering rules
Monday, November 23rd, 2009ALASKA – On October 15, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska issued a Staff Memorandum with changes to the state’s proposed net metering regulations. Staff’s recommended changes did not depart greatly from the original proposal but some language was modified based on participants’ comments. The RCA Commissioners voted to approve this new version. The regulation will ... Read More
Nevada PUC to discuss Feed-in Tariff
Monday, November 23rd, 2009NEVADA – On November 4, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission opened docket 09-11004, titled “Investigation regarding feed-in tariffs” though there are no documents yet attached to the docket. An interim legislative committee had asked the state PUC to investigate feed-in tariffs and the commission responded it would put an item on its November 19 agenda ... Read More
North Carolina to develop REC tracking system
Monday, November 23rd, 2009NORTH CAROLINA – On October 19, the North Carolina Utilities Commission issued a request for proposals for the development of a Renewable Energy Tracking System (NC-RETS). As part of Senate Bill 3 (2007), the NCUC was charged with developing “procedures to track and account for Renewable Energy Certificates, including ownership of Renewable Energy Certificates [RECs] ... Read More
Michigan announces launch of REC tracking system
Monday, November 23rd, 2009MICHIGAN – On October 30, the Michigan Public Service Commission announced that the state’s renewable energy certification system for Michigan’s renewable energy standard is up and running. The tracking system, called MIRECS, is a Web-based infrastructure that will create, track and enable trading of environmental credits. This is accomplished through a traceable digital certificate issued ... Read More
Maryland considers changes to RPS
Monday, November 23rd, 2009MARYLAND – The Maryland Public Service Commission announced that it will conduct a rule-making session on December 15, 2009, to consider whether to publish the proposed revisions to the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Program. Comments and suggested revisions to the proposed regulations are due by November 24 and commission staff will file analysis of the ... Read More
