“As more states and utilities begin to add shared solar programs, it must be a priority consideration to expand solar access for all customers, regardless of housing type or income level,” says IREC President/CEO Larry Sherwood. “Low-income households – especially those that reside in multifamily rental housing – have largely been left out of the growing clean energy economy.”
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IREC Regulatory Program Director Sara Baldwin Auck is pictured here with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval at a recent National Governors Association gathering for its
Ahead of the Curve
initiative, where she participated on an expert roundtable. The initiative is helping governors stay one step ahead of rapidly changing technologies happening in their states. "It was an honor and privilege to share IREC's clean energy ideas and expertise with innovative governors," said Auck.
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A new IREC guide offers national insight to help local governments, housing providers, utilities and other stakeholders better understand the possible pathways to ensure more renters and multifamily dwellers can benefit from solar.
Expanding Solar Access: Pathways for Multifamily Housing
, outlines two potential paths to enable greater solar access for renters, multifamily residents and low-to-moderate income communities.
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Join us at Intersolar 2018 in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 11 from 3:30-5:00 pm PDT as we honor our national 3
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Award winners for the Best of 2018 in renewable energy and energy efficiency. We'll also recognize our first Young Clean Energy Innovator and present a few special IREC Energy Hero Awards.
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Caroline Kamm, a senior at the University of Central Florida (UCF), is pursuing not one but
two
Bachelor of Science degrees: one in electrical engineering and one in mechanical engineering. Her studies focus on the power systems side of electrical engineering and on the heat transfer/thermodynamics side of mechanical engineering. She credits FEEDER and GEARED for offering a wide variety of power systems and renewable energy courses that are preparing her to take her rightful place in today’s power systems engineering workforce.
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More Solar Permitting & Inspection Trainings in Massachusetts
Plan reviewers, building, electrical and combination inspectors in Massachusetts have two more opportunities to attend day-long solar permitting and inspection trainings with national experts:
5/16 Winthrop MA
Winthrop Town Hall
5/17 Newburyport MA
Newburyport City Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by MassCEC with IREC and the Institute for Building Technology & Safety (IBTS).
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Designed to help policymakers, regulators and other stakeholders understand the details of existing and proposed state shared renewables statutes and program rules, IREC has updated its content to reflect changes in California, Illiniois, Hawaii and New York
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Join IREC and SEIA at Solar Power Southeast in Atlanta on Monday, May 14 from 1:00-4:30 pm for a pre-conference, in-depth workshop on interconnection issues related to state-jurisdictional renewable energy projects, energy storage and other distributed energy resources. Brian Lydic, regulatory engineer for IREC, will discuss smart inverters and other emerging issues stemming from new revisions to IEEE 1547, the compliance standards for interconnection of distributed energy resources (DER) with electric power systems (EPS) and associated interfaces.
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