By: Solarman

Solarman — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 19:07:08 +0000

Interesting and sometimes ironic, political moves across the U.S.. Announcements of abrogating the IRA by the Ways and Means Committee and replacing this with (Build it in America Act). Right now materials for batteries, raw to refined feedstocks and foundries for silicon both monocrystalline and crystalline are pretty much all in China. It is a sophomoric lie to tell the public that something “titled” Build it in America Act will make the U.S. spontaineously ‘combust’ into the World leader of manufacturing and supply chains. Just like the foolish labeled IRA, Inflation, Reduction Act.

Now in Ohio two ‘Republican’ Legislators are sponsoring a bill HB 197 is fostering in more public solar PV farm construction. The hard core proffering that Republicans are (all) climate change deniers or somehow joined at the shoulder with Big Oil or Big Energy isn’t (always) true.

The DOE creating “training partnerships” sounds really good at first blush, it is yet to be seen how this unfolds, the monetary cost and the end result. Bureaucracy still can destroy the intended value of such “programs”.

“The Interstate Renewable Energy Council released its Freeing the Grid interconnection grades, which rate each state in the nation on the quality of its interconnection policies. Of the 39 states and territories that have statewide interconnection procedures, only New Mexico received an A for its interconnection rules.”

That pretty much says it all. Even the supposed paragon of energy “change” and decarbonization California got a B on their interconnection. What’s sad about this is this has been a “thing” in California since deregulation of the electricity sector was ‘tried” in 1999.

Comments on: The Solar Policy Scoop: July 2023 A guide to recent legislation and research throughout the country.

By: Solarman