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Why Do You Vote Solar?

Zadie2 | January 1 2020

With over 85,000 members from every state, political, and cultural background, Vote Solar represents an incredible community of solar advocates! There are many reasons to stand for clean energy progress - what's yours?

Florida Introduces Community Solar Legislation to Expand Clean Energy Access, Jobs

rosalind | February 19 2019

Today, Florida State Senator Lori Berman introduced community solar legislation (SB 1156), which will expand consumer access to affordable clean energy and increase jobs in the state’s new energy economy. Leading solar, environmental and community organizations Vote Solar, Solar United Neighbors, Earthjustice and the League of United Latin American Citizens Florida (LULAC FL) applauded the ...

Advocates Tell NYS Senate Environmental Conservation Committee Hearing: Here Comes The Sun

rosalind | February 14 2019

Media release: At a hearing of the NYS Senate Majority and Environmental Conservation Committee on the Climate and Community Protections Act, leading renewable energy organizations - Vote Solar, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA), and Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY) – testified about the need ...

California Demonstrates that Distributed Energy Resources Can Solve Grid Problems

Ed Smeloff | February 13 2019

The shift away from utility-centric, top-down distribution system planning towards one that engages consumers and leverages the benefits of distributed energy resources is gathering momentum in California. Using distributed solar, battery storage, energy efficiency and demand response measures to lower the cost of delivering electricity just got an important boost. After more than two years ...

Rooftop solar panel installation in winter

Rooftop Solar Benefits the Wholesale Grid in New England

Nathan Phelps | February 11 2019

Last week, a deal between New England's grid operator and residential solar company Sunrun provided insight into how local, clean, renewable energy at customers’ homes can help reliably power the broader electric grid. Specifically, the company announced that it had successfully bid 20 megawatts of solar and storage into ISO-NE’s forward capacity auction beginning in ...

Celebrating Solar Leaders for Black History Month + States to watch for solar progress

Adam Browning | February 7 2019

In honor of Black History Month, we’re celebrating African American leaders and success stories in the fight to increase access to healthy, affordable, job-creating solar power, starting with the NAACP’s leadership on climate justice. Read on for more, plus details of our 2019 Equinox celebration and highlights from our work with Vote Solar members like ...

Vote Solar Welcomes Three New Board Members

Zadie Oleksiw | January 24 2019

Jon Carson, Stephanie Chen, and Zaid Ashai join Vote Solar board Vote Solar, a national non-profit advocacy organization, announced today three new clean energy leaders representing diverse perspectives have joined its board of directors. The new board members are Jon Carson, Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Energy Partners, Stephanie Chen, Energy Equity Director at ...

Katie Chiles Ottenweller

Brandy | January 24 2019

Katie Chiles OttenwellerSoutheast Director Katie serves as Vote Solar’s Southeast Director, focusing on advancing solar policy in Florida, Georgia and the Gulf States. Katie first got hooked on solar as an attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center, where she led their regional Solar Initiative for five years. Prior to that, she spent a year ...

Community Solar Legislation Introduced in New Mexico to Expand Solar Benefits to All

Art Terrazas | January 22 2019

Community Solar Act enables renters, low-income households, multi-unit tenants to save money with community solar, spurs clean energy jobs Legislation was introduced in New Mexico recently to expand bill-saving benefits of solar to all residents, including those who rent, have unsuitable roofs, or lack financial flexibility, by allowing community solar development in the state. In ...

Six Solar Stories for a Sunny 2019

Rosalind Jackson | January 21 2019

From community leaders and student activists to homeowners and job trainees, people across the U.S. are going solar and bringing solar to their neighborhoods. You’re part of a movement to repower our nation with sunshine, and thanks to over 10,000 of you who took action last year, we’ve made great progress. Here are six stories ...

Stop DTE's Solar Rate Hike!

Zadie2 | January 18 2019

DTE Energy proposed a plan to state regulators that would put solar out of reach for families and businesses. If approved, DTE Energy's rate hike would mean that customers with solar could see their bills increase by nearly 85% -- making it nearly impossible for everyday residents to go solar. Solar gives people the choice ...

Join Us!

Zadie2 | January 18 2019

Together, we can repower our communities and our nation with sunshine. Joining Vote Solar lets us know that we can turn to you when we need an ally in our campaigns. And don't worry about mailbox overload. We will only email you when there is something solar related that you need to hear -- big ...

New Jersey BPU Approves Community Solar Pilot Program

Pari Kasotia | January 17 2019

Today the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) approved rules for a new community solar pilot program that will give many renters, low-income families, businesses, and others an easy and affordable way to go solar for the first time. The ruling clears the way for at least 225 MW of community solar to be ...

Cuomo commits to huge solar goal -6GW- in State of State

Sean Garren | January 15 2019

Over the last year, Vote Solar has helped lead the Million Solar Strong New York campaign with a coalition of industry, environmental, clean energy advocacy partners, and with the support of dozens of lawmakers, calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to establish a goal of 1 million solar-powered homes across New York by 2023, the equivalent ...

Vote Solar Announces Three New Hires to Grow Advocacy Capacity Across the U.S.

Zadie Oleksiw | January 10 2019

Solar Advocacy Group Launches into New Year with the Addition of Katie Ottenweller, Lavannya Pulluveetil Barrera, and Meghan Long Vote Solar, a national non-profit advocacy organization working at the state level to bring solar energy to the mainstream, today announced the addition of three new hires, bringing total organizational growth to 25% over the last ...

Clean Energy Legislation Gives Families & Businesses More Choices, Lower Costs

Thad Culley | January 8 2019

Bill coincides with recent polling confirming significant voter support for solar choice Today, state lawmakers returned to Columbia for the 2019 Session and will debate new legislation from Republican State Senator Tom Davis aimed at providing families, businesses, schools, and other energy consumers energy options by reducing costs, increasing competition, and maintaining the South Carolina’s ...

Everyone in the Southwest deserves to be part of this.

Jessica Scott | December 20 2018

During one of my long days of meetings in Las Vegas last week, a colleague asked me why I work for Vote Solar and not for a private company where I could potentially make more money. My answer was plain and simple: Vote Solar is more than a paycheck for me. It’s about expanding solar ...

My outlook on solar action in the Northeast

Sean Garren | December 20 2018

When I was a kid growing up in Boston, I struggled with severe asthma attacks. Each time, I would ignore the warning signs, choosing to keep playing with friends or my toys until my parents would put a stop to things once they noticed me turning blue. So when I see Washington ignoring the warning ...

Why Mid-Atlantic solar progress is personal

Melanie Santiago-Mosier | December 20 2018

I’m writing today from the cozy warmth of my home office in Baltimore. But I have clear memories of a very different reality from when I was little. The Utah winters were harsh in my family’s mobile home in Royal Coachman Trailer Park. Sometimes the heat would go out, especially when the snow was high ...

My commitment to solar advocacy in the Southeast

Thad Culley | December 20 2018

Whether I’m at my home in Chapel Hill or on the road working to expand solar opportunity throughout the Southeast, I start each day with a simple thought: what is one thing I can do today that will make a difference for my daughters? At the age of 33, I realized that I had to ...

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