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Purpose Keeps Me Going

Melanie Santiago-Mosier | September 17 2020

I often think of myself as “Little Melanie Santiago,” the cute brown kid who grew up in the Royal Coachman Trailer Park in Heber City, Utah. (Seriously, I was really cute.) Little Melanie Santiago was often unsure of herself. You see, Heber was and still is a predominantly white community in rural Utah. While very ...

Duke Energy’s future rooftop solar customers can expect savings while improving grid

Thad Culley | September 16 2020

Deal was crafted to meet South Carolina’s landmark Energy Freedom Act COLUMBIA, SC – Solar advocates and Duke Energy have reached an agreement that could offer Duke Energy’s future rooftop solar customers significant up-front savings to go solar, while enhancing grid reliability and setting new solar pricing signals to reduce utility costs for all customers. ...

Communities like Muskegon Heights, Michigan benefit from switch to solar

Misha | September 10 2020

Guest Post by: Rep. Terry Sabo and Sen. Jon Bumstead Muskegon Heights officials recently powered up new solar panels installed on the community’s public works buildings – part of a multi-phased plan to convert half of the municipality’s buildings to solar power. Although the day was overcast, it was still a momentous occasion because solar ...

No way out but through: Latest progress for energy justice & solar rights

Adam Browning | September 9 2020

I’m writing this from my home in Oakland, California -- where we’ve been blasted by a record heat storm, the air is like licking an ashtray, and firefighters have been battling some of the largest fires in state history. Over two million acres burned, and it isn’t even fire season yet.. This is what climate ...

100% Clean Energy Rules Stall in Arizona

Art Terrazas | September 1 2020

Vote Solar has been working with climate and community advocates for over a year to push the Arizona Corporation Commission to adopt a new renewable energy standard for the state. Working with over 30 like-minded groups, we were even able to submit a proposal to the Commission for these new standards which called for greater ...

California Legislature Keeps Solar Property Tax Exemption through 2024

Ed Smeloff | August 31 2020

As the California Legislature gets ready to adjourn for the year, the solar industry won a big victory with the passage of Senate Bill 364 (Mitchell). The bill protects the solar industry from a sudden change in the state's property tax that could occur with the passage of Proposition 15 in the November election. The ...

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New Report Highlights Energy Freedom, Resiliency, and Economic Benefits of Florida Solar Net Metering Policy

Katie Chiles Ottenweller | August 28 2020

~ Florida’s net metering policies allow individuals to exchange excess solar energy for a bill credit ~ TALLAHASSEE – Ahead of a crucial regulatory workshop, two organizations supporting continued access to home solar power in Florida today released a report warning that large utility monopolies are threatening Floridians’ solar rights and individual freedom to choose ...

Energy experts call on MPSC to conduct a new Value of Solar study

Will Kenworthy | August 27 2020

Brief in Consumers’ rate case demonstrates how solar customers are undervalued Lansing, MI — Clean energy advocates submitted briefs in the Consumers Energy rate case today, calling on the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to conduct a Value of Solar study to determine a fair rate for energy that customer-owned solar systems provide the electric ...

Solar Power Helped Keep the Lights On During California’s Recent Catastrophic Heat Wave

Ed Smeloff | August 24 2020

Electric service is one of the most vital public services in a modern society. Keeping the lights on every day and around the clock is an essential responsibility of our government, our utility regulators, and the institutions that run the grid minute-by-minute. That system broke down on August 14 and 15 in the evening when ...

Montana’s High Court Rules Utility Cannot Discriminate Against Solar Energy

Sachu Constantine | August 24 2020

Court’s decision reopens door to independent solar projects in the state Helena, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court today rejected NorthWestern Energy’s attempts to shut out competition from local or customer-owned solar projects that would help meet Montana’s electricity needs. Both Montana and federal law prohibit discrimination against independently owned clean energy projects. NorthWestern Energy ...

New Jersey Clean Energy Equity Bill!

Daryle | August 17 2020

All New Jerseyans deserve to gain climate, economic, health, and wealth resilience from the clean energy transition. Our communities and our climate need a clean energy economy that works for everyone.

Vote Solar Issues Report Cards for Florida’s Largest Utilities Based on Plans for the Future

Odette Mucha | August 17 2020

Data comes from each utility’s 10-Year Site Plans and trends indicate an over-reliance on fossil fuels and only moderate investment in solar TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Each year, Florida’s largest electric utilities file a report with the state outlining their plans for the next 10 years – and today Vote Solar issued letter grades for these ...

Keep it going!

Adam Browning | August 14 2020

Last month, 31 million Americans lost unemployment benefits -- in the middle of a pandemic (that’s disproportionately impacting communities of color), and for some, during a hurricane that has resulted in blackouts up and down the eastern seaboard. That’s a lot of hurt. And clean energy can help. So Vote Solar released a new guide ...

Ronny Sandoval

Brandy | August 10 2020

Ronny SandovalRegulatory Director, Interior West Ronny Sandoval leads Vote Solar’s regulatory efforts to transform the electric system and maximize opportunities for sustainable energy in the Interior West. Ronny has extensive experience across major segments of the utility business, including, Transmission Planning, Distribution Engineering, Energy Efficiency Program Management, Grid Modernization, and Customer Engagement. He previously managed ...

“Nobody deserves this” Why I Fight for Energy Justice

Stephan Roundtree | August 7 2020

My road to Vote Solar took me from the basement of my childhood home to the church basements and government halls of New York, and back to the Bay State. As Northeast Director here at Vote Solar, I’m working toward building a better future where solar power is there for everyone who needs it. Northeast ...

Principles for Protecting Electric Utility Customers in the Regulatory Response to COVID-19

Tyler Fitch | July 24 2020

As COVID-19’s public health and economic crises change our communities, electric utilities across the country hold a unique responsibility to ‘keep the lights on,’ especially for their most vulnerable customers. Economically disrupted ratepayers are increasingly unable to pay their utility bills in a time when staying safe and secure at home remains a public health ...

Vote Solar Joins the Newly Formed Alliance for a Clean Economy

Ed Smeloff | July 24 2020

A broad and diverse coalition of organizations including clean energy businesses, trade groups and environmental advocates including Vote Solar came together over the past six weeks to urge California policy makers to support a sustainable, resilient and inclusive economic recovery from the losses resulting from the pandemic. The coalition, calling itself the Alliance for a ...

Vote Solar Welcomes Heather McTeer Toney and Cecil Corbin-Mark to Board of Directors

Adam Browning | July 23 2020

Oakland, CA -- Vote Solar, a national solar advocacy non-profit dedicated to expanding access to solar energy, announced today the addition of two prominent environmental justice leaders to its Board of Directors. Heather McTeer Toney is the National Field Director at Mom’s Clean Air Force. She previously served as the first African-American, first female and ...

Solar as a Solution: COVID-19 State Response Memo

Annie Lappé | July 15 2020

The inequitable impacts of the COVID pandemic, climate crisis and police violence make it clear: we must rebuild better. At Vote Solar, we see the opportunity for state-level clean energy policies to play a pivotal role in this transformation. Over the last few months, our team has collectively worked on Solar as a Solution: COVID-19 ...

More than $5 billion flees Florida’s economy every year to pay for out-of-state fossil fuels

Katie Chiles Ottenweller | July 13 2020

Florida’s reliance on gas for electricity generation is twice the national average TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Vote Solar today released a report detailing Florida’s troubling reliance on natural gas, which is double the national average. Floridians send $5 billion out of the state’s economy annually to pay for gas imports. “Florida’s dependence on natural gas to ...

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