Multiple stakeholders claim the incentive makes solar cheaper for those who can already afford the systems, but drives up power bills for those who can’t
If Joe Biden wants to help people save money, he could devote a big chunk of his climate efforts to solar and batteries.
“California is a solar state, but the utilities want to own the sun and keep it out of the hands of everyday people,” Bernadette Del Chiaro, executive director of the California Solar and Storage Assn., said in a statement. “Their need to increase profits cuts against the consumer’s right to choose where and how to generate clean, reliable energy where we live, work, and play.”
A 25-year-old incentive program that pays residents for their excess clean power has led to more than 1 million installing solar panels on their homes and helped turn California into a global green energy leader. It also helped spur an industry of solar installation companies that have fiercely resisted changes to the way rooftop customers are compensated. Those firms have contended that utilities want to increase rates for solar customers in an effort to protect their monopolies
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Vineyard Wind wants permitting process to proceed
Updated January 25, 2021, 8:29 p.m.
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Vineyard Wind wants permitting process to proceed
Vineyard Wind has notified the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that it wants the permitting process to resume where it left off in December for a giant wind farm to be built about 15 miles south of Marthaâs Vineyard. The developer is officially rescinding the withdrawal that it made last month of its construction and operations plan. Vineyard Wind chief executive Lars Pedersen said the developer has determined that no changes are necessary to that plan, even though the developer has chosen a larger turbine, this time to be made by General Electric. Pederson said BOEM should have enough documentation to finish its review of the Vineyard Wind 1 project, an 800-megawatt project with 62 turbines that collectively could provide enough power for more than 400,000 homes. Pedersen still hopes to obtain financing later this yea