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Congress Passes Landmark Solar Legislation
After being voted down no fewer than seven times by the House of Representatives (and ten in the Senate), the bill to extend renewable energy tax credits past 2008 has finally passed. President Bush...
View ArticleWhat Will the Obama Presidency do for Solar?
At 11:00pm, EST, November 4, Barack Obama was officially declared the presumptive 44th President of the United States of America. Congratulations, Senator Obama! There’s no way of knowing what the four...
View ArticleNew Jersey Governor signs new solar bills
Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed into law a package of three renewable energy bills that received legislative approval earlier in March. Sponsored by Senator Bob Smith, the passage of...
View ArticleNevada enhances solar incentives; still not enough
The American Southwest is a mixed bag of solar opportunity in which Arizona’s excellent incentives are outstanding partly because they stand alone. Nevada, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico have similarly...
View ArticleMassachusetts Targets Public Facilities for Solar Power
Massachusetts is definitely getting into the game of ramping up the use of solar energy. Governor Patrick took a bold step towards increasing installed solar power capacity in the Commonwealth by...
View ArticleThe Smart Grid, Part IV: Federal Policies
Although the smart grid has just recently become a topic of the American public’s interest, lawmakers were well aware of its importance several years ago. The development of this much-needed grid...
View ArticleHey, Big Oil: Your Roots Are Showing
At GetSolar, we strive to maintain a balanced viewpoint on the clean energy marketplace. We rarely take or advocate a strong unilateral stance on an issue. This week we are making an exception for the...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Smart Grid Bill Moves to Governor
California’s Senate Bill 17 (SB17) hasn’t received much attention from the press, but it will soon now that it passed both houses of the state legislature on September 4th. The bill, presented by...
View ArticleMassachusetts Readies New Solar Plan For January 2010
With ambitious initiatives such as its Solar Stimulus Program and a target of installing 250 megawatts’ worth of solar-generating capacity in the state by 2017, Massachusetts has shown itself to be a...
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Poll Suggests Solar, Alternative Energy Bill Would Have Broad Support
Pay attention, freshman members of Congress… In case you missed it, a couple of weeks ago Gallup released results from a recent poll suggesting that Americans want more alternative energy. Here’s what...
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