Resources

A copy of the FERC notice is attached.

See where the top corporations in the U.S. have installed solar. Our U.S. Corporate Solar Projects map was developed using the research from the Solar Means Business Report.

DRAFT letter in response to the Department of Energy’s Draft Recommendations from the Joint Outreach Team effort to bring improvements in the Western Area Power Administration (Western) transmission planning and efficiencies.

This assessment was prepared by North American Electric Reliability Corporation in its capacity as the Electric Reliability Organization1 and provides an independent view of the 10‐year reliability outlook for the North American BPS,2 while identifying trends, emerging issues, and potential risks.

This report recommends reforms to federal and state interconnection procedures to meet the demands of a growing national marketplace for solar photovoltaic (PV) and other small renewable generators that interconnect to electric distribution systems.

After weeks of heated negotiations, both the House and the Senate passed The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. This legislation (1) extends many tax cuts which expired at the end of 2012 and (2) avoids the mandatory spending cuts which would have taken effect on January 3, 2013. While there was widespread support for the bill in the Senate (passed 89-8), the vote in the House was much more mixed, with a majority of House Republicans voting against the measure (final vote was 257-167). Below is a summary of provisions which affect the solar industry.