The solar industry and anyone concerned about a renewable and resilient energy future has been on pins and needles for almost a year as the Public Utilities Commission has considered changes to Net Energy Metering rules, commonly known as NEM 3.0, that would decimate...
In honor of President’s Day Weekend, we offer a brief history of the federal solar tax credit: The Investment Tax Credit (ITC) was originally established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 under the Bush Administration but was scheduled to sunset at the end of...
The Clash Between the California Solar Industry and Big Utilities By Casey Beyer, CEO Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce For more than two decades, California solar energy companies, installers and customers have benefited from an incentive program known as Net Metering....
In a momentous step forward for climate and our economy, the Build Back Better Act just passed the U.S. House. Now we need Congress to make it law. These investments will create and expand good jobs, like mine, strengthen our economy, and improve U.S. competitiveness...
Go Big On Climate Action Congress is debating the biggest and most important climate and clean energy legislation our country has ever known. Predictably, the US Chamber of Commerce, the American Petroleum Institute and other Washington D.C. lobby groups are dusting...
Thousands of customers in the Santa Cruz Mountains have been left without power for extended periods this summer with no relief in sight. PG&E recently installed safety triggers in an effort to reduce the risk of wild fires. Whenever anything (including...