This is your SolarWakeup for March 1st, 2018

Big News At SolarWakeup. SolarWakeup will now be publishing original content. Veteran solar reporter, Frank Andorka has joined SolarWakeup as Senior Correspondent. He is bringing his multi-decade experience and passion for solar to this platform and to your inboxes. You can expect to get a breakdown of the news that matter. Part of his daily contribution is to review the article that was most clicked on by you and tell you why it mattered. Together, we will not shy away from advocacy and taking a stand for what moves solar forward. Our goal is to inform, advise and advance. Here is his intro article and please welcome Frank to SolarWakeup. You can find him at frank@solarwakeup.com and he absolutely loves scoops and tips.

What FERC Rule Means For Storage. This is the best breakdown of the FERC order that will establish new rules at the local RTO/ISOs for energy storage. It’s a positive move for storage and everyone in the market but don’t expect changes overnight. This is a discussion quite apparent at the energy storage conference in SF this week. Other than that, big topics continue to focus on revenue stacking and RFPs by the many utilities looking at combined solar and storage projects.

Unintended Consequences. I didn’t see this coming. Enphase makes their inverters and then ships them to Asia to be combined into smart solar modules. Now that 201 tariffs are in place, the Enphase cost is now considered part of the solar module and is taxed. Let’s get some rational action here. Suniva and SolarWorld need a settlement and so does the industry. Get something done folks. Happy to mediate if you all would like me to.

Local Solar Impact. I am often asked what solar workers can do for the industry outside of money. One of the easiest things to do is to set up a time to talk to a local legislator like a Congressman, State Rep, State Senator, Mayor etc. Take a few of your colleagues and spend an hour educating them about your work, don’t ask for anything but show them you exist and bring some pictures of your work. If you do this every month and everyone does it, think of the impact it will have. If this seems too difficult, tell me what could be done to make this easier for you.

Fun Times Talking 201. Did you listen to my conversation about 201? This was fun and great content. Please share with your colleagues.

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Have a great day!

Yann