October 2018

Nevada Ruling Enables More Clean Energy on Grid After more than a year of working alongside regulators and advocates on the ground in the Silver State, IREC's regulatory team applauds the Nevada Public Utilities Commission for a ruling last week that takes important steps to ensure distributed energy resources – such as energy storage and rooftop solar – will be more proactively integrated on the Nevada electricity grid. More

Maryland and Minnesota Make Strides for Customer-driven Distributed Energy Resources Within a week of each other, both Maryland and Minnesota adopted more nuanced regulatory reforms that will increase clean energy access for more consumers, while supporting clean energy jobs and investments. From the trenches, IREC offers a ground-level view of these two important state regulatory reform efforts. More

NAACPs Jacqueline Patterson 2018 Solar Power World Innovator & Influencer Solar Power World’s  September 2018 issue features eight solar innovators and influencers including Jacqui Patterson, director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Sara Baldwin Auck, IREC’s regulatory program director, and one of those eight remarkable solar leaders in 2017, writes about Jacqui's contagious passion advancing energy efficiency and clean energy and organizing communities to make clean energy equitable. More

Pass These Training Opportunities Along Nearly 12,000 firefighters and municipal code officials from states across the U.S. are now solar smarter, thanks to the efforts of IREC’s workforce training program and its partners in a U.S. DOE initiative that just two years ago brought together “allied” professionals and solar training experts. Interactive, video-based training is updated to the 2017 National Electrical Code (NEC) and the most current international building, residential and fire codes.

Rather than wait for an emergency to learn the basics of solar technologies, firefighters can be solar smarter after taking this FREE self-paced, video training! More Code officials around the country are taking advantage of IREC's unique online and live solar trainings led by national experts in solar code review and inspection. More

Mark Your Calendars! Our inaugural  2019 Vision Summit is a visionary exploration of the pillar policies, practices and workforce training necessary for more Americans to benefit from clean energy. We're inviting prominent national and state clean energy influencers to lead thought-provoking expert panels and targeted outcome-driven discussions. The ultimate goal: an action plan for energy decision makers in states across the U.S. Sponsorship opportunities available. Details announced soon.  More 

IREC in the News Advocates Cheer Resource Planning as Ballot Questions Await | E&E News 10/1/18 Nevada's New Distribution Resources Plan Proposal: What You Need to Know | gtm2 9/28/18 As California Leads Way with TOU Rates, Some Call for Simpler Solutions | Utility Dive 9/20/18 Innovators & Influencers: Jacqueline Patterson, Organizing Communities to Make Green Energy Equitable | Solar Power World 9/19/18 Top 9 Things You Didn't Know About Wind Power | US DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Wind Technologies Office 8/23/18

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of note... The SEIA Federal & State Policy Summit on Dec. 4 - 5 will examine federal and state policy issues and how they inform market opportunities and challenges in the solar industry. Featuring engaging discussions between industry experts and key congressional staff, the summit offers crucial national and state-level insights into the solar and energy storage industries. More

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