WHAT’S NEW AS OF MAY 2012? Note from the Editor Planning the Solar Highway The transmission grid is often described as the interstate highway system of our nation’s energy supply. It moves a lot of electricity over long distances. If you were to continue along with that metaphor, you might say that distributed generation ... Read More
WHAT’S NEW AS OF APRIL 2012? Note from the Editor Distributed Energy Storage, coming soon to a grid near you Energy storage technologies have existed as long as the grid itself. As a result of several recent advancements in smart grid communications and material sciences, however, distributed energy storage is primed to become a ... Read More
WHAT’S NEW AS OF MARCH 2012? Note from the Editor Governments may not always be able to change course as quickly as the private sector, but once they put their policies behind an idea, they have the ability to make things happen on quite a large scale. Such has been the evolution of government ... Read More
WHAT’S NEW AS OF FEBRUARY 2012? Note from the Editor When I’m feeling especially creative, I like to cook without the assistance of recipes. Some meals turn out surprisingly tasty; others (especially my “innovative” baking endeavors) do not. Solar policy development is like baking, you really should follow a recipe if you want it ... Read More
WHAT’S NEW AS OF JANUARY 2012? Note from the Editor This month, I took time out to reflect on 2011’s Policyland roller coaster, to celebrate the novel advancements and lament the setbacks. Let’s start with the good news (and luckily, there were plenty of candidates). I found the following regulatory snapshots to be particularly ... Read More
WHAT’S NEW AS OF DECEMBER 2011? Note from the Editor Net Metering for $200? If you were to pit a smart meter against an electro-mechanical meter in a game of Jeopardy, I imagine the smart meter would probably win the game. But would it win in every category? Since there has been so much ... Read More
WHAT’S NEW AS OF NOVEMBER 2011? Note from the Editor A Veritable Feast of Community Renewables For this month of Thanksgiving, I thought I’d bring you an update on one of our most neighborly news topics: Community Renewables and Meter Aggregation. There’s been so much happening lately that it’s difficult to keep up with ... Read More
WHAT’S NEW AS OF OCTOBER 2011? Note from the Editor Microgrids: Social networking for renewables? What do the recent San Diego power outage; hurricanes, tornados and earthquakes; and the ever-increasing congestion on the transmission grid, all have in common? For me, they all make a pretty compelling case for policymakers to encourage the development ... Read More
WHAT’S NEW AS OF SEPTEMBER 2011? Note from the Editor Timelines are of the Essence Forgive the cliché but it’s true. Timelines are an important part of distributed generation interconnection procedures because they dictate how quickly the process moves along and ultimately, how quickly a customer or developer can get a renewable energy system ... Read More
WHAT’S NEW AS OF JULY 2011? Note from the Editor In Search of High Penetration PV Policies In some areas of the country, states are beginning to experience higher levels of PV grid penetration than have ever been seen before. While this is essentially good news, it also presents several challenges for policymakers going ... Read More
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