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What That Net-Metering Petition Really Means for the Solar Market

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After the turmoil of the last several months, residential solar is now coping with a new threat — one the industry says is existential. Net metering credits home solar customers for the power they sell back to the grid if they produce in excess of their own usage. NERA's solar petition.

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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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Behind-the-Meter Battery Pioneer Stem to Take SPAC Route to Public Markets

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Stem, the decade-old behind-the-meter battery startup that was seeking a buyer earlier this year to bolster its growth ambitions, is now launching a plan to go public via a special-purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) reverse merger. Friday’s announcement names Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. billion in late 2019 to about $2.7

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Span Raises $10M to Scale Up Deployments of Smart Electrical Panels

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Span.IO, the San Francisco-based startup that makes a smart home electrical panel that can track and control behind-the-meter batteries, rooftop solar inverters, EV chargers and other key household loads via smartphone, has landed a $10.2 Leading U.S. Leading U.S.

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Group Seeking to Overturn State Net Metering Reveals Member with Utility Ties

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The group claiming status as a ratepayer advocacy group in its attempt to get federal regulators to override state net metering regimes has finally revealed the identity of one of its members. But that revelation appears to strengthen claims by its opponents that it is representing energy industry interests rather than those of ratepayers.

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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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Dandelion Raises $30M to Scale Up Home Geothermal Energy

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There’s a lot of energy underneath homes — if reasonably priced technology can be scaled up to tap its potential. Dandelion Energy hasn’t gotten nearly to that scale yet. “Our goal is to get to 10,000 homes a year,” he said. About three-quarters of U.S.