“We are living in the future of virtual power plants in places like Puerto Rico, and California, and New England, and increasingly Texas,” said Chris Rauscher, Sunrun’s head of grid services and electrification. “It’s just about other states putting that in place in their territories and letting it run.” In May, Virginia passed a law requiring that … Continue reading “As rooftop solar gets hammered, virtual power plants offer a way forward”
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Rivian R1T and R1S owners can now buy a rooftop tent designed specifically for their electric vehicles. Tent and camping gear manufacturer iKamper recently announced a special edition of its Skycap 3.0 Mini rooftop tent for Rivian, with mounting hardware keyed to the automaker’s trucks, an aerodynamic shell to reduce drag, and a Rivian-inspired color … Continue reading “Rivian gear shop adds rooftop tent good for R1T or R1S”
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In other words, PAO is “assuming the customer is obligated to pay the corporate utility the retail rate” for the power customers generate and use themselves — “and anything they do otherwise is stealing,” McCann said. In terms of assessing who owes whom, that’s little different from saying that a customer who uses less electricity by … Continue reading “California’s rooftop solar is a benefit, not a cost, to the state”
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Given that deficit, and the grid’s persistent shortcomings, Puerto Rico’s lawmakers passed Act 10 in January, which amends an existing net-metering law to cement the policy in place for the next seven years. Before Governor Pierluisi signed the law, the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau had been scheduled to reevaluate the program — a move that solar proponents worried … Continue reading “Puerto Rico extended a key rooftop solar policy. Then came the lawsuit.”
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Photo by Kelly on Pexels.com Just days after a massive election win, UK’s new Labour government has hit the ground running and is already making progress on increasing solar power deployment. The UK just held an election on July 4th, in which the country declared its independence from the Tories (heh) and handed Labour a … Continue reading “New UK gov’t approves 3 huge solar farms & wants to expand rooftop installs”