East Coast v West Coast. I’m traveling on the East Coast and it seems like the entire solar industry is congregating in Rancho Bernardo. Send me your thoughts of the show, sounds like well over 1,000 of you are there.
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. The Paris agreement will generate $19 TRILLION in new economic growth and over 6 MILLION jobs. All while saving the planet. And the US wants to leave this agreement?
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There will be lawyers. Sungevity employees laid off recently and some checks are bouncing apparently. Lawyers have filed a class action suit. More to come.
The Sunshine State. Didn’t even realize this docket was going on but Gulf Power in Florida, which services Eastern Alabama (aka the Panhandle), was looking to cut net metering in Florida. We have one of the best NEM policies in the Country and it’s super fair to the consumers around the State. Policy teams need to do a better job publicizing bad policy dockets while they are going on.
- Bloomberg: Paris Accord Could Make the World $19 Trillion Richer
- PV-Magazine: Former Sungevity employees file class action lawsuit
- PV-Tech: Florida’s Gulf Power drops rate hike proposal in crucial settlement
- Portland Press Herald: Bills to expand solar incentives in Maine ready to launch
- CleanTechnica: Changing The Language Of Renewable Energy, The Electric Monopoly’s Newest Ploy
- Think Progress: Economy grows as CO2 emissions drop, making mockery of Trump climate policy
- New York Times: Compounding the Risk for Coal Miners
- GreenBiz: Are falling utility revenues reason enough to slow down renewables?
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Have a great day!
Yann