Solar

PPL and SEPA Fact-Find in Australia

Rooftop Solar

“We push technology hard at PPL mainly because we want to be the best utility in the country, in the world. That’s our goal, and you can’t be that unless you go out and learn from others.”

Vote Solar's New Executive Director

Solar Power

“There is an evolution from where we were when solar was an upstart and disruptive technology. We’re on that cusp of being an incumbent, and a mainstream technology. We’re the lowest marginal cost energy out there.”

Solar Buyer Beware

Misleading Analysis Promotes Cost Ineffectiveness

I will identify cautions for buyers, in the hope that utilities, regulators, and others communicate to potential solar customers what to look for when considering installing solar panels.

Buying Solar Energy by The Minute

Aligning Benefits with Costs

There is a better way to implement the Buy All-Sell All model. Instead of setting VoS rates based on speculative forecasts, why not just pay prices that reflect the actual, contemporaneous value of the solar energy? Why not, effectively, buy the solar energy by the minute?