Mark Pischea, president of the Conservative Energy Network, says opposing clean energy is increasingly a political liability for Republicans. Michigan conservatives hope to make inroads on clean energy with ALEC WRITTEN BY Andy Balaskovitz The American Legislative Exchange Council has long been hostile to policies designed to advance clean energy. A
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NY increases net metering cap from 1% to 3%; Should Indiana increase its cap?
Two years ago the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) approved the cap on Indiana's net metering from 0.1% to 1%. The revised net metering rule made vast improvements but is it time to consider another round of improvements to the Indiana net metering rule. Many of us think another round
Read MoreJohn Farrell: Learning a Lesson about Net Metering; Implications of Lesson for Indiana?
Posted by Laura Arnold / June 07, 2011 / Posted in Uncategorized / No Comments
Original Article: http://energyselfreliantstates.org/content/learning-lesson-about-net-metering Wed, June 1, 2011 - John Farrell I just got a copy of a utility bill for a Minnesota business that has a 40 kilowatt (kW) solar PV array. I’d hoped to get a sense for how quickly he’d pay off his array with the net
Read MoreIndianapolis Star: “We can’t stand still on energy”
Posted by Laura Arnold / January 06, 2011 / Posted in 2011 Indiana General Assembly, Uncategorized / No Comments
Editor's Note: Here is the editorial from the Indianapolis Star on Jan. 4, 2011. So far, Governor Daniels and state legislative leaders have not put energy--specifically, supporting renewable energy and distributed generation--on their list of priorities for the 2011 session of the Indiana General Assembly. I urge you to
Read MoreNIPSCO wants to expand homemade energy programs; change net metering and new feed-in tariff
Posted by Laura Arnold / July 20, 2010 / Posted in Feed-in Tariffs (FiT), Uncategorized / No Comments
By Keith Benman keith.benman@nwi.com (219) 933-3326 | Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 2:04 pm NIPSCO wants to expand one program and add another to allow more customers operating wind, solar and other renewable energy generators to "sell" electricity back to the utility. The utility has filed a request with the
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