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Our annual 3iAwards ceremony, a special solar codes and safey forum, and three well-timed regulatory update sessions – that's a very busy three days next month at Intersolar North America 2017. Here are details. See you in San Francisco!
3iAwards – You're Invited!
As we celebrate our 35th year, we invite you to join us for our annual 3
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Awards ceremony, honoring the Best of 2017 in renewable energy and energy efficiency. We'll recognize exemplary people, projects and programs at
Intersolar North America
on
Tuesday, July 11 from 3-4:00pm PT
at the
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nnovation & Application Stage, Level 3, Alcove 1 at Moscone West
. We'll also recognize three extraordinary individuals - IREC 2017 Energy Heroes - for their tireless commitment supporting clean energy policies and programs in the U.S. And, please, plan to stick around for a bite of cake!
RSVP
Solar Codes & Safety Forum
Solar+Storage, Scorecard & Saturation – Oh my!
Catch IREC's regulatory team Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday as they share the latest regulatory policy updates in solar+storage, grid saturation, and an in-depth overview of a new IREC website that rates state shared renewable energy programs.
Here's where you'll find us:
Wednesday July 12 – 9:00-10:45am PT
Grid Saturation: Improving Local Capacity Analysis to Host More Solar
Experts including Sky Stanfield, who represents IREC through Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, LLP, discuss grid saturation's early successes, pitfalls and key lessons learned, so states and industry representatives can be aware. We'll discuss the current state of play and explore some possible pathways for next steps.
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Larry Sherwood, IREC President/CEO
If your inbox is anything like mine, it's full of petitions to sign, commentaries of outrage and news links galore. Among last week's good news was this: more than 1,000 leaders of cities, states, businesses and universities in the U.S. signed on to a letter signaling their continued support for the Paris Agreement. If you support IREC's transformative work – like that which we'll present at Intersolar North America next month – here's one
instant action
YOU
can take right here, right now - in support of the impact we can make
together
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The first-of-its-kind National Shared Renewables Scorecard compares the 14 active state programs (disributed across 11 states and the District of Columbia) using a simple scholastic grading system (A+ through D-) that reflects program strengths and weaknessess. Find out how your state rates, or score your own state program. More
And if you missed the May 19 webinar, you can listen to the archived version and download a PDF of the presentation.
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Solar Market Pathways Drives Down Solar Costs
Solar Market Pathways (SMP), a U.S. Department of Energy initiative, is well on its way to making solar cost competitive by 2020. Currently, 14 SMP awardees are developing strategies that expand solar for residential, commercial and community properties. The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) leads the SMP national coordinator team, which includes IREC, the Regulatory Assistance Project and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Learn more about SMP.
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Twenty years ago, Louise Urgo joined the IREC team but, the story starts before then. Louise was the Contracting Officer at the Department of Energy and in the early 90s, she oversaw IREC’s grant when we started our collaborative efforts with utilities, regulators and the PVindustry. "She never failed us," said IREC President/CEO Larry Sherwood. "She was a leader on our team and guided IREC for two decades. I will miss her and I know the staff will too.” More
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On the Radio
Recently, Larry Sherwood, IREC's president/CEO talked about solar consumer protection on Austin's KOOP Shades of Green environmental program with co-host and IREC board member John Hoffner. Have a listen!
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Over IREC’s 35-year history, our consumer focus has made clean energy possible for millions more Americans by removing regulatory and economic barriers.
Did You Know...
In 2002, IREC's Solar Means Safety Campaign launched to fill post-911 need.
In 2002, IREC worked with stakeholders to create the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP).
MORE IREC's Impact@35
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About IREC
IREC is an independent national not-for- profit organization that envisions a world powered by clean sustainable energy, where society's interests are valued and protected. IREC galvanizes nationwide adoption of sustainable and efficient energy through fact-based policy leadership, quality workforce development and consumer empowerment. Our work over the past 35 years has propelled the incredible clean energy growth trends we are seeing today - building a strong foundation of clean energy state and national best practices and quality workforce training standards and programs. www.irecusa.org
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