MISSOURI – On February 20, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) filed a Certification of Administrative Rule regarding a proposed amendment to Missouri’s recent net metering regulations. The proposal changes only net metering and interconnection aspects regarding previously imposed liability insurance requirements. The amendment would require customer-generators with systems 10 kW or greater to carry ... Read More
Archive for March, 2009
State & Stakeholder Newsletter, March 11, 2009
Monday, March 9th, 2009Wednesday, March 11, 2009 Volume #8, Issue #5 Editor: Jane Pulaski The IREC State & Stakeholder Newsletter tracks a range of market-oriented news, services and outreach tools valuable to the renewable energy community. This free newsletter is distributed semi-monthly to email subscribers and published on IREC’s website. If you have comments or if you would ... Read More
Solar America City/Knoxville: One Fast-Moving Group of Overachievers
Sunday, March 8th, 2009Just last March, the City of Knoxville became a Solar America City. In that short time, the Knoxville team has achieved enviable results, like their free ‘Solar 101 Basics” workshops where more than 100 residents and business representatives have attended; the collaboration with Pellissippi State Technical Community College, their local community college, to build a ... Read More
So, what exactly is a green job?
Sunday, March 8th, 2009The greening of jobs is a welcomed transition as we move toward greater use of renewable energy resources and energy efficient practices. However, as we hear more and more about green jobs and green-collar jobs, it begs the question, what is a green job? The Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. (IREC) has done some preliminary ... Read More
We Energies launches new PV incentive program
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009We Energies Carl Siegrist tells us that the new program features an upfront payment of $.75 per kilowatt-hour for the first year’s expected AC generation for system sizes of 1.5 kW-DC to 100 kW-DC. Generation will be determined by using Focus on Energy’s estimated annual solar production calculation (see below for an outline of additional ... Read More
ARC Announces Third Round of Grants Competition Promoting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency – Adult Training and Certification Programs
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) announced the third round of a grants competition this week to assist Appalachian communities in leveraging renewable-energy and energy-efficiency resources to revitalize their economies. ARC expects to provide seven to ten awards of up to $40,000 each, for a total of $250,000 in awards, to help implement energy efficiency and ... Read More
