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Barry Goldwater Jr. to Mich conservatives: Rooftop solar is choice, freedom and liberty
2015-08-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Crains Detroit: Barry M. Goldwater Jr. has a problem with fellow conservatives and utility executives in Michigan. Goldwater Jr., 77, told me in an interview this week that he is upset with Michigan Republican legislators who he says want to discard the states successful net metering law that has helped to create jobs and a booming yet fledgling industry for rooftop solar projects on residential homes, churches and small businesses. The son of one of the icons of the Republican Party five-term Sen. Barry Goldwater...
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El Paso Electric axes Fort Bliss solar plant plans
2015-08-22 07:53:46| Energy - Topix.net
El Paso Electric has canceled plans for a $46.7 million solar plant at Fort Bliss because the company could not reach an agreement with the Army for the 218 acres needed for the project, company officials announced Friday. "We had been trying to get this done for four or five years and it's taken various different turns," said Tom Shockley, El Paso Electric's chief executive officer.
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Nevada Reaches Cap on Net Metering; Solar Fight Continues
2015-08-22 05:10:14| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Nevada has reached a statewide cap on net metering, which allows customers with solar panels at home to sell excess energy back to the utility company. NV Energy indicated late Thursday that it had received enough applications from potential rooftop solar customers to add up to 235 megawatts, which was the limit negotiated this spring during the legislative session.
Nevada Reaches Cap on Net Metering; Solar Fight Continues
2015-08-22 05:08:50| Electronics - Topix.net
Nevada has reached a statewide cap on net metering, which allows customers with solar panels at home to sell excess energy back to the utility company. NV Energy indicated late Thursday that it had received enough applications from potential rooftop solar customers to add up to 235 megawatts, which was the limit negotiated this spring during the legislative session.
NV Energy: Rooftop solar cap will be hit Saturday
2015-08-21 15:36:18| Electronics - Topix.net
Michelle Balistreri and Chandler Gray attend a rally in front of NV Energy on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Las Vegas. Hundreds of activists gathered outside NV Energy headquarters in Las Vegas to protest a state cap affecting rooftop solar installations and urge the Legislature to lift it.
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