Using Data For Policy. One of the topics of conversation with John Gurski, the founder and CEO of Energy Toolbase, was policy. Given the database of utility rates and the ability to model savings based on a example demand structure, Energy Toolbase can and has shown what the potential impact on solar consumers is if a proposed rate design structure is implemented. This kind of simple, results oriented data point speaks to people in a way that rate design proceedings often misses. If you are involved in a policy debate, use the value of solar’s popularity by showing the results of policy.
Coal’s exes live in Texas. The City of Houston has signed a PPA to buy the energy from a 50MW solar farm in Texas. Let the reality of the oil capital going solar sink in and realize that this is purely an economic transaction. Engie, the developer, has its US headquarters there and used to be a large IPP in the US as well. Now, Engie has sold its assets and is focused on a diverse set of cleantech investments and retail energy. Competition works, and you can compare Florida and Texas as two ways to achieve that, one with an open market and one with monopolies.
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Make sure you listen to the latest episodes of EnergyWakeup. Hear from solar entrepreneur, John Gurski, the founder of Energy Toolbase, a cloud based energy bill analytics and proposal tool. I also speak with Tony Clifford from Standard Solar about being acquired by Gaz Metro and his work at SEIA.
- SolarWakeup: Talking Solar Software Startups with Founder of Energy Toolbase, Lowering Soft Costs
- PV-Magazine: Houston, you now have solar power
- Bloomberg: Taxes Are No Longer Certain And That’s Disrupting Solar Deals
- NPR: As Rooftop Solar Challenges Utilities, One Aims For A Compromise
- PV-Tech: Japan could strip FiT for a quarter of approved clean energy pipeline
- ILSR: Xcel Has Room for Renewable Generation on its Minnesota Grid. So Where Is It?
- Midwest Energy News: Another Midwest utility dealt a setback on electric vehicle charging stations
- Utility Dive: Salt River Project signs PPA for 20 MW solar+storage project
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Yann