Solar Conference Call. My next call with Phil Shen from Roth Capital will cover market updates and current events and takes place on June 18th at 10am EST. You can RSVP for that call here free of charge.
May Survey. Did you fill out your response for May? You can see the full results of previous surveys here
SPI Planning Announced. Yesterday I asked the question about SPI and later in the day we got our answer. SPI will take place in Las Vegas in an outdoor exhibit at the Las Vegas Convention Center in October. SETS lists the precautions that will be put in place to make it a safe event for all to enjoy. Will you attend?
FERC Responses. Yesterday was the deadline for the docket that covers net metering. In reality the docket is an attempt to federalize basically all State level energy and rate regulations which has raised concerns from well known conservative State regulators as well as NARUC which tweeted out its comments to the docket. We shall see how this plays out.
Words Are Not Enough. GreenBiz’s Joel Makower makes a great point that I want to expand about. We’ve seen, over the past few weeks, comments from most companies are within a mold to attempt to be public but not actually make any news. Part of that comes from companies that wish they had actually done something before recent events made it clear that they are falling short. Some of you are thinking back and perhaps regretting past actions or looking around your board room and see a lack of diversity. Especially on past actions, there is no hiding from it, you have to decide how to manage your image because reporters are looking at how CEOs and executives have behaved because actions speak louder than words. Now that you have published a comment, write the comment that answers this question in 6 months. What have you done as a company since spring 2020 to bring about more diversity and equality in solar?
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- Solar Power World: Solar Power International moves outdoors to Las Vegas parking lot in October
- PV-Magazine: 450 environmental, energy justice groups urge FERC to reject threat to net metering
- GreenBiz: The unmasking of Corporate America
- Utility Dive: California regulators establish SCE, PG&E as central procurement buyers, to the dismay of CCAs
- PV-Tech: Sonnedix, Natixis pen US$87m, 100MWp Chilean solar deal
- Greentech Media: Stem Will Operate Massive AMS Battery Portfolio in Southern California
- Axios: Global electric vehicle sales topped 2 million in 2019
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Best, Yann