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Duke Energy’s SC Net-Metering Replacement Won a Crucial Ally: Rooftop Solar Companies

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Few grid policy battles have been fought as bitterly as those surrounding replacements for net-metering, which determines how much rooftop solar customers get paid for power they export to the grid. Utility Duke Energy tossed out the conventional playbook when proposing a net-metering successor for its South Carolina territory.

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AEP OnSite Partners signs LOI to develop solar field to power cryptocurrency mining

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Sangha Systems, developers of an 82-MW cryptocurrency mining facility at a former steel mill in Hennepin, Illinois announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with AEP OnSite Partners to develop a 2 – 5-MW behind-the-meter solar power array to begin to migrate its electricity consumption towards clean energy.

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California Shifts $100M in Behind-the-Meter Battery Incentives to Low-Income Communities

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billion Self-Generation Incentive Program budget to help low-income communities install about 100 megawatts of stalled behind-the-meter battery projects. The shift won’t tap the $613 million in SGIP funds earmarked for low-income and medically vulnerable customers at highest risk of fire-prevention power outages. California Sen.

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Solar Dominates Maine’s Largest Renewables Procurement on Record

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Maine utility regulators have announced the results of the state’s largest renewables procurement to date, with solar developers coming away with the majority of winning bids. Solar will account for about 482 megawatts of the 546 megawatts of projects approved Tuesday by the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

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CalCom Energy’s $100M Fund Targets Farms for Solar-Battery Systems

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In California, it’s not just vulnerable families and critical services that could use battery-backed solar systems to ride through wildfire-prevention power outages. CalCom Energy, a long-time solar and energy services provider for California’s agricultural sector, thinks it has a solution.

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Virginia Regulators Reject Key Parts of Dominion’s Grid Upgrade Plan

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Virginia utility regulators once again rejected large parts of utility Dominion Energy’s grid modernization plans, including $752 million of proposed investment to deploy smart meters over the next decade. The rationale for rejecting smart meters, grid modernization. Dominion and other U.S. billion plan.

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Michigan bill may unlock community solar and your state should follow suit

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There are 2,600 megawatts of solar power capacity installed in the U.S. today that can be considered community solar, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Subscribe to Renewable Energy World’s free, weekly newsletter for more stories like this.