Solar

Roanoke’s contribution is called SolarShare, which will leverage the co-op’s energy efficiency initiative and its nascent community solar program to provide energy benefits to members who struggle to pay bills.

Navigating the waters to a successful solar project in a new normal is fast becoming more complex than ever.

How do you treat excess deferred taxes? Congress explained it, but there are disputes at the state level, and FERC has its own issue, which is related.

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?

Despite the recent uptick in 2018, total generation has been relatively steady in recent years, showing no distinct upward or downward long-term trend for several years.

Behind-the-meter solar is not economic from a household's perspective at today's installed costs and electricity prices.

Better forecasting, planning and grid modernization are needed before attempting to assign additional costs on these groups of customers.

We expected to find that Europeans had figured out a pathway to a clean-energy future, but to our surprise, this was not the case. We found Europeans tackling many of the same challenges we face in the United States.

The NEM debate transcends regulatory boundaries and embodies a full-throttled argument under oath between divergent experts who are cross-examined by the opposing attorneys.

The basic solar approach to development and utilization works well in early-stage markets with little renewables penetration.