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Puerto Rico—Lots of Sunshine, Little Solar Energy, but a Bright Future
Sunny, tropical Puerto Rico may finally have a break through in solar development and investment. Although the island represents a solar opportunity today, renewable generation only represented 1% of...
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New Programs Implementing South Carolina’s Distributed Energy Legislation
Last week South Carolina’s major utilities announced new residential solar incentive programs under the state’s Distributed Energy Resource Program Act (DERPA). Signed in mid-2014 by Governor Nikki...
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Six Questions to Consider about Microgrids
What is a microgrid? The traditional electricity distribution model can be viewed as a “macrogrid,” using a large centrally located power station to provide electricity over an extensive service...
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Senate Energy Bill Includes Funding For Smart Energy and Water Efficiency...
In an era conscious of water scarcity, the water-energy nexus made the agenda of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which is considering broad based, bi-partisan legislation, the...
View ArticleLessons from the Recent NY REV Conference
Several members of the S&W Energy Finance Team attended Infocast’s recent NY REV Summit. Speakers ranged from utility and regulator representatives to CEOs of technology and service providers, all...
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Nation’s Capital Explores Modernized Energy Distribution
The District of Columbia’s Public Service Commission (PSC) opened Formal Case No. 1130 in June 2015 to explore modernizing energy distribution and the associated impacts of distributed generation and...
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Managing the Rise of Distributed Energy – Emerging Utility Trends
Much has been written and discussed over the last few years regarding the conventional utility’s “death spiral.” America’s power generation utilities have become increasingly fearful that a significant...
View ArticleUnderstanding New York’s ‘Vision’— Feature in Public Utilities Fortnightly
With some of the highest electricity prices in the United States, and mindful of the massive disruptions to its electric service caused by Hurricane Sandy, New York has undertaken a major reform of its...
View ArticleOffshore Wind Has Come to the U.S.; EPCs Can Help It Gain Momentum
Offshore wind energy could add 4.2 million megawatts to the generating capacity of the U.S., according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, but the U.S. market has stalled almost completely,...
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Nevada Solar Update: Senator Harry Reid Takes On Warren Buffet’s Berkshire...
Nevada’s solar net metering policies will continue until year end, perhaps in part thanks to Senator Reid (D-NV) who threatened to intervene in the state’s Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) review of...
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Can the Clean Power Plan Achieve Its Carbon Emission Reduction Goal Through...
As the dust settles amidst the hoopla and angst surrounding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (U.S. EPA) final promulgation of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan (CPP or the final Plan), a theme...
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