Next week I will be in Los Angeles to continue the Energy Storage Road Show. This week, the focus is on large scale operating solar farms. If you are involved in megawatt scale solar in California and are located somewhere in the LA area, let me know.
Give Me More. Exelon is asking for more. Not directly, yet, but the same strategy that went into play in Illinois is back. This time, Exelon is saying that 3 Mile Island will close in 2019 after failing to clear the PJM pricing auction. What better way to determine the value of an asset than in an auction in an competitive market? If the market doesn’t value the energy and capacity from 3 Mile Island, why should ratepayers and taxpayers? I know what some will say, solar gets so much in subsidy, how can you argue that nuclear shouldn’t? I’ll take the day that we have a national grid with no energy subsidies or monopolies because I know solar with storage will be a big winner.
Bipartisan Energy Ignorance. Suniva is now lobbying for stupid protectionism that would be of great harm to the solar industry. The GOP Congressman from Georgia and Democrat from Michigan are citing the talking points about cheap Chinese solar panels. I hope that SEIA has already reached out to those Congressman and educated them about what side effects this would have on the national economy.
Are you caught up on the EnergyWakeup podcast? More great episodes coming soon.
Goldman versus Kochs. Trump met with Scott Pruitt yesterday to talk about the Paris agreement. Cohn and Mnuchin are on the other side of the argument alongside Jared and Ivanka to argue staying in. Exxon is also lobbying that the USA should stay in the agreement which pins quite a bit of the cabinet against the so-called base of the President’s support.
- Washington Post: 3 Mile Island owner threatens to close ill-fated plant
- The Hill: Lawmakers back US solar manufacturer in tariff fight
- New York Times: Trump Advisers Wage Tug of War Before Decision on Climate Deal
- Utility Dive: How can Tucson Electric get solar + storage for 4.5¢/kWh?
- Solar Power Portal: How UK solar broke records last week
- GreenBiz: How investors can mobilize against climate change
- PV-Magazine: OPIC under investigation for loans to Chilean solar projects
- Greentech Media: Engie Adds Sungevity’s European Solar Business to Its Distributed Energy Offerings
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Have a great day!
Yann