Solar Power

El Paso Electric
El Paso Electric Finds Solar Procurement Solution After Tariff Hikes

El Paso Electric again is seeking regulatory approval for its New Mexico renewable energy plan after resolving tariff-related cost uncertainty of a solar-plus-storage procurement proposed in the plan.

Shutterstock
BNEF Sees Short-term Pain, Longer-term Rebound for Renewables
The policy changes and financial signals of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will slow the addition of solar, storage and wind capacity, but only for a few years, BloombergNEF predicts.
SEIA
Landmark Reached in Effort to Reshore Solar Manufacturing

With the start of production at an ingot and wafer factory in Michigan, all components of a photovoltaic solar module can now be sourced from U.S. manufacturers.

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
FPL Leading Southeast in Solar Buildout, SACE Report Finds

Solar power generation will expand strongly but not uniformly in Southeast states through the 2020s, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy says in its annual solar report.

Open Electricity
Power Play: It’s Time to Take Distributed Generation Seriously
The U.S. needs to take rooftop solar seriously and consider how it can be an essential part of our energy mix, says columnist Dej Knuckey.
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N.Y. Renewables Conference Focuses on Near-term Goals, Post-Trump Hopes
State policymakers and industry leaders at the Alliance for Clean Energy New York’s Fall Conference offered messages of full support even as they acknowledged the federal roadblocks thrown in their path.
RMI
Sharper Load Growth in Utility Integrated Resource Plans
As of September 2025, the IRPs are projecting demand will be 24% higher in 2035 than in 2023, RMI reported.
BLM
Interior Throws Curveball at Esmeralda Solar Projects, but Denies Cancellation
The fate of a 6.2-GW cluster of solar energy projects in western Nevada is uncertain following the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to break the group into individual projects for review.
Solar Landscape
N.J. BPU Evaluates Broadening Class 1 Solar REC Program
New Jersey is evaluating a request by two solar companies to change state rules to allow out-of-state solar electricity generators to receive renewable energy certificates.
BloombergNEF
Renewable Construction Slump Starts in 2028, Forecast Shows

Construction of new wind, solar and energy storage facilities will decrease significantly over the next five years, a BloombergNEF analyst said in an presentation to the California Energy Commission.


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