Vote Solar and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) released the 2015 grades for Freeing the Grid, an annual report card that rates all 50 states on two key clean energy policies: net metering and interconnection standards.

In late January, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved a motion from the Colorado Energy Office that will keep net-energy metering (NEM) for the present, splitting the issue off as a separate question to be considered after concerned parties have opportunities to make their cases.

Many municipalities and other authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) are facing dramatic increases in rooftop solar permit applications. With this trend expected to continue and spread, streamlining building and electrical permitting processes will become increasingly important to more AHJs. To facilitate such streamlining, IREC and Vote Solar have identified nine Best Practices in Residential Solar Permitting,...

Reflecting cutting-edge thinking on shared renewables programs, today IREC released its new Model Rules for Shared Renewable Energy Programs. Revised in collaboration with The Vote Solar Initiative, the model rules were updated to assist stakeholders in developing shared renewables programs, to broaden renewable energy access to more consumers. “The updated Model Program Rules are an essential piece of IREC’s broader effort to...

Salt Lake City was the site for the 3rd Solar America Cities (SAC) gathering last month where Solar Salt Lake was the  recipient of SAC’s Barrier Buster Award for its efforts to improve Utah’s net metering rules.  Congratulations.  According to Sara Baldwin, Utah Clean Energy, Solar Salt Lake continues to explore creative financing options for...