It’s been a banner week for reports on the state of the American solar energy economy. Lots of great new data indicating sunny times for U.S. solar. . .

* Freeing the Grid 2010 – evaluation of states’ net metering & interconnection policies that empower customer investment in DG renewables. In 2010, 37 states received A or B grades for their net metering policies, up from 13 states in 2007. Twenty states received A or B grades for good interconnection practices, a tremendous improvement over the solitary B grade awarded in 2007. States continue to drive American solar energy policy progress. » Read the rest of this entry «