William Driscoll
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Author of "Your Arteries-An Owner's Manual." Reporter for PV Magazine USA on developments that speed or slow deployment of solar and storage.
Given state-level interest in plug-in solar, the Clean Energy States Alliance has published an in-depth guidebook to help state policymakers working to allow households to use the systems.
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A guidebook on plug-in balcony solar for state-level policymakers
Responding to increased state-level interest in plug-in solar, a nonprofit group has published an in-depth guidebook to help state policymakers navigate the path to allowing households to use the syst...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Given state-level interest in plug-in solar, the Clean Energy States Alliance has published an in-depth guidebook to help state policymakers working to allow households to use the systems.
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Grid-forming inverters significantly enhance grid stability, national lab finds.
This story quotes Anderson Hoke and Jin Tan with the National Laboratory of the Rockies and covers related work by the UNIFI Consortium and ESIG (Energy Systems Integration Group).
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This story quotes Anderson Hoke and Jin Tan with the National Laboratory of the Rockies and covers related work by the UNIFI Consortium and ESIG (Energy Systems Integration Group).
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Grid-forming inverters significantly enhance grid stability, national lab finds
The Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative in Hawaii, which deployed storage before grid-forming inverters became available, became a test case for diagnosing grid issues that can arise with older grid-fol...
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January 12, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Grid-forming inverters significantly enhance grid stability, national lab finds.
This story quotes Anderson Hoke and Jin Tan with the National Laboratory of the Rockies and covers related work by the UNIFI Consortium and ESIG (Energy Systems Integration Group).
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This story quotes Anderson Hoke and Jin Tan with the National Laboratory of the Rockies and covers related work by the UNIFI Consortium and ESIG (Energy Systems Integration Group).
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China is outpacing the U.S. toward 100% renewables for all energy uses and is on pace to reach that standard by 2051, versus 2148 for the U.S., projects a study of 150 countries by Stanford professor Mark Jacobson.
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U.S. would reach 100% renewable energy by 2148 at recent pace
China is outpacing the U.S. toward 100% renewables for all energy uses and is on track to reach that standard by 2051, versus 2148 for the U.S., projects a study of 150 countries by Stanford professor...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
China is outpacing the U.S. toward 100% renewables for all energy uses and is on pace to reach that standard by 2051, versus 2148 for the U.S., projects a study of 150 countries by Stanford professor Mark Jacobson.
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More than 25 GW of large-scale generating projects reached an interconnection agreement in the ERCOT grid region in 2024. Berkeley Lab said ERCOT’s “connect and manage” approach “is likely one reason” for the grid operator’s success.
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ERCOT outperformed on interconnection in 2024 likely due to “connect and manage”
More than 25 GW of large-scale generating projects seeking an interconnection agreement in the ERCOT grid region reached that stage in 2024. Berkeley Lab said ERCOT’s “connect and manage” approach “is...
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January 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
More than 25 GW of large-scale generating projects reached an interconnection agreement in the ERCOT grid region in 2024. Berkeley Lab said ERCOT’s “connect and manage” approach “is likely one reason” for the grid operator’s success.
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Up to 21 GW of solar in California: A water district serving the western San Joaquin Valley has established a blueprint for developing solar, storage and transmission on lands that “can no longer sustain irrigated agriculture.” (My latest story for PV Magazine USA)
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California water district plans up to 21 GW of solar on land fallowed due to water shortages
A water district serving the western San Joaquin Valley has established a long-term blueprint for developing solar, storage and transmission on lands that “can no longer sustain irrigated agriculture....
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January 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Up to 21 GW of solar in California: A water district serving the western San Joaquin Valley has established a blueprint for developing solar, storage and transmission on lands that “can no longer sustain irrigated agriculture.” (My latest story for PV Magazine USA)
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New York State’s Build-Ready program, designed to clear hurdles to solar or storage deployment on previously developed sites, has faced challenges well beyond the expiration of tax credits under the OBBBA tax and spending law, according to a program review. (My latest for PV Mag.)
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New York program to deploy solar on previously developed sites yields 12 MW in five years
New York State’s Build-Ready program, designed to clear hurdles to solar or storage deployment on previously developed sites, has faced challenges well beyond the expiration of tax credits under the O...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New York State’s Build-Ready program, designed to clear hurdles to solar or storage deployment on previously developed sites, has faced challenges well beyond the expiration of tax credits under the OBBBA tax and spending law, according to a program review. (My latest for PV Mag.)
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Flexible interconnection is one of the most impactful, cost-effective tools for enabling distributed energy resource deployment, said a joint filing by the Solar Energy Industries Association and others. (My latest for PV Mag.)
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Colorado utility PSCo must offer flexible interconnection for community solar, storage
Flexible interconnection is one of the most impactful, cost-effective tools for enabling distributed energy resource deployment, said a joint filing by the Solar Energy Industries Association and othe...
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December 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Flexible interconnection is one of the most impactful, cost-effective tools for enabling distributed energy resource deployment, said a joint filing by the Solar Energy Industries Association and others. (My latest for PV Mag.)
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A solar + storage playbook for New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani: The New York Solar Energy Industries Association executive director joined Mamdani's transition team in November. The “partnership” with the mayoral administration “presents an historic opportunity,” says NYSEIA.
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A solar + storage playbook for New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani
Mayor-elect Mamdani appointed New York Solar Energy Industries Association Executive Director Noah Ginsburg to his mayoral transition team in November. New York SEIA says the “partnership” between the...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A solar + storage playbook for New York City Mayor-elect Mamdani: The New York Solar Energy Industries Association executive director joined Mamdani's transition team in November. The “partnership” with the mayoral administration “presents an historic opportunity,” says NYSEIA.
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The Rutgers University rural agrivoltaics program has advised New Jersey regulators on the design of a pilot agrivoltaics program. Projects receiving support will need to track data on agricultural production on fields with and without solar installations. My latest story for PV Mag USA.
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New Jersey offers incentives for up to 65 MW of agrivoltaics projects
The Rutgers University rural agrivoltaics program has advised New Jersey regulators on the design of a pilot agrivoltaics program. Projects receiving support will need to track data on agricultural pr...
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December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Rutgers University rural agrivoltaics program has advised New Jersey regulators on the design of a pilot agrivoltaics program. Projects receiving support will need to track data on agricultural production on fields with and without solar installations. My latest story for PV Mag USA.
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A New York Power Authority plan shows the financial challenges for building solar, saying the levelized cost of building a solar project far exceeds the expected revenue from selling power. Project success may depend on the price NYPA can get for the renewable energy credits it sells.
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New York Power Authority renewables plan shows financial challenges for building solar
The levelized cost of building a solar project in New York far exceeds the expected revenue from selling solar power, says a NYPA plan, with project success potentially depending on the sale of renewa...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A New York Power Authority plan shows the financial challenges for building solar, saying the levelized cost of building a solar project far exceeds the expected revenue from selling power. Project success may depend on the price NYPA can get for the renewable energy credits it sells.
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Smart inverters enable more distributed solar to be added to the grid, and some rural co-ops are evaluating smart inverter standards as more co-op members become prosumers.
My latest for PV Mag USA.
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Rural electric co-ops form engineering group to evaluate smart inverter standards
Smart inverters enable more distributed solar to be added to the grid, and some rural co-ops are evaluating smart inverter standards as more co-op members become prosumers.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Smart inverters enable more distributed solar to be added to the grid, and some rural co-ops are evaluating smart inverter standards as more co-op members become prosumers.
My latest for PV Mag USA.
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My latest for PV Mag USA.
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When a New Jersey gas unit’s air pollution permit is up for renewal, state law allows the public to recommend ways for the unit to reduce its emissions, such as adding batteries. That’s what @cleanenergygroup.bsky.social has done. My latest story for PV Magazine USA.
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Require a gas unit to add 90 MW of batteries to renew its air permit, group says
When a New Jersey gas unit’s air pollution permit is up for renewal, state law allows the public to recommend ways for the unit to reduce its emissions, such as adding batteries. That's what one group...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
When a New Jersey gas unit’s air pollution permit is up for renewal, state law allows the public to recommend ways for the unit to reduce its emissions, such as adding batteries. That’s what @cleanenergygroup.bsky.social has done. My latest story for PV Magazine USA.
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California study finds electrification can put downward pressure on electric rates: Wide adoption of electric vehicles can lower rates by about 3 cents per kWh, if the needed distribution grid upgrades are built efficiently and with cost constraints. My latest story for PV Magazine USA.
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California study finds electrification can put downward pressure on electric rates
Wide adoption of electric vehicles that can displace fossil fuel combustion with renewable power can also lower rates by about 3 cents per kWh, if the needed distribution grid upgrades are built effic...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
California study finds electrification can put downward pressure on electric rates: Wide adoption of electric vehicles can lower rates by about 3 cents per kWh, if the needed distribution grid upgrades are built efficiently and with cost constraints. My latest story for PV Magazine USA.
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Virginia expands access to community solar: A change to a utility’s proposed approach to minimum billing opens community solar to more Virginia customers, while a potential 150 MW increase in the amount of community solar capacity is within reach. My latest for PV Magazine USA.
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Virginia expands access to community solar
A change to a utility’s proposed approach to minimum billing opens community solar to more Virginia customers, while a potential 150 MW increase in the amount of community solar capacity is within rea...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Virginia expands access to community solar: A change to a utility’s proposed approach to minimum billing opens community solar to more Virginia customers, while a potential 150 MW increase in the amount of community solar capacity is within reach. My latest for PV Magazine USA.
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The Solar and Storage Industries Institute has endorsed grid operator SPP’s proposal to reform interconnection by building transmission, identifying promising areas for transmission interconnection, and inviting interconnection applications. My latest for PV Magazine USA.
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Kudos for grid operator SPP’s plan to link transmission planning and interconnection
The Solar and Storage Industries Institute has endorsed SPP’s proposal to reform interconnection by building transmission, identifying promising areas for transmission interconnection, and inviting in...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Solar and Storage Industries Institute has endorsed grid operator SPP’s proposal to reform interconnection by building transmission, identifying promising areas for transmission interconnection, and inviting interconnection applications. My latest for PV Magazine USA.
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Two approaches to prevent queue-jumping by thermal generation: Grid Strategies LLC and American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) found evidence that priority transmission access offered by three grid operators has yielded generating portfolios “heavily weighted” to thermal resources.
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Two approaches to prevent queue-jumping by thermal generation
A study from Grid Strategies and ACORE finds evidence that priority transmission access offered by three grid operators has yielded generating portfolios “heavily weighted” to thermal resources. The s...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Two approaches to prevent queue-jumping by thermal generation: Grid Strategies LLC and American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) found evidence that priority transmission access offered by three grid operators has yielded generating portfolios “heavily weighted” to thermal resources.
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Plan now for faster clean energy support in a future presidential administration, a report says. The authors seek to enable construction of federally supported clean energy projects during a single presidential administration. (My latest for PV Mag USA)
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Plan now for faster clean energy support in a future presidential administration, report says
To enable construction of federally supported clean energy projects during a single presidential administration, a report offers 14 recommendations, and an overriding imperative to plan now.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Plan now for faster clean energy support in a future presidential administration, a report says. The authors seek to enable construction of federally supported clean energy projects during a single presidential administration. (My latest for PV Mag USA)
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PJM agrees with many of RMI's recommendations for speeding transmission interconnection, and reported interconnection study progress. Even so, a GridLab report found PJM's capacity costs would have been lower with just 10% of queued renewable and storage projects. (My latest for PV Mag)
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Grid operator PJM reports progress on interconnecting new generation as capacity costs surge
PJM said it agrees with many of the recommendations for speeding transmission interconnection made by the nonprofit group RMI, and reported it has completed 600 interconnection studies in less than 22...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
PJM agrees with many of RMI's recommendations for speeding transmission interconnection, and reported interconnection study progress. Even so, a GridLab report found PJM's capacity costs would have been lower with just 10% of queued renewable and storage projects. (My latest for PV Mag)
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In Puerto Rico, residential solar and storage growth outpaces utility-scale developments: Puerto Rico has reached 1.3 GW of residential solar and 185,000 residential batteries, while utility-scale solar and storage projects are gearing up. My latest for PV Magazine USA.
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In Puerto Rico, residential solar and storage growth outpaces utility-scale developments
Puerto Rico has reached 1.3 GW of residential solar and 185,000 residential batteries, with Wood Mackenzie expecting three more GWh of residential storage by 2029. Utility-scale solar and storage proj...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In Puerto Rico, residential solar and storage growth outpaces utility-scale developments: Puerto Rico has reached 1.3 GW of residential solar and 185,000 residential batteries, while utility-scale solar and storage projects are gearing up. My latest for PV Magazine USA.
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In Virginia and New Jersey, solar and storage goals include surplus interconnection: Incoming governors in both states campaigned on broad clean energy platforms, while Advanced Energy United sees underused points of interconnection as the best solar and storage opportunity in Virginia.
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In Virginia and New Jersey, solar and storage goals include surplus interconnection
Incoming governors in New Jersey and Virginia campaigned on broad clean energy platforms, while Advanced Energy United sees underused points of interconnection as the best solar and storage opportunit...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In Virginia and New Jersey, solar and storage goals include surplus interconnection: Incoming governors in both states campaigned on broad clean energy platforms, while Advanced Energy United sees underused points of interconnection as the best solar and storage opportunity in Virginia.
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Illinois to add 3 GW of batteries, saving consumers $12 billion over 20 years by reducing capacity costs. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the works.
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Illinois to add 3 GW of batteries, saving consumers $12 billion over 20 years
Illinois is set to issue procurements for 3 GW of battery storage, under a bill expected to be signed by Governor JB Pritzker. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the w...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Illinois to add 3 GW of batteries, saving consumers $12 billion over 20 years by reducing capacity costs. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the works.
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While other utilities are “dabbling” with solar, Florida Power & Light is combining solar and storage as a “workhorse” technology, said Stephen Smith, executive director of @cleanenergy.org--showing what a committed utility can do. My latest for PV Magazine USA.
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Florida utility on pace to reach 93 GW solar, 50 GW storage by 2045
While utilities in neighboring states are “dabbling” with solar, Florida Power & Light is combining solar and storage as a “workhorse” technology, said a nonprofit executive.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
While other utilities are “dabbling” with solar, Florida Power & Light is combining solar and storage as a “workhorse” technology, said Stephen Smith, executive director of @cleanenergy.org--showing what a committed utility can do. My latest for PV Magazine USA.
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Geothermal developer Mazama Energy aims for 5¢/kWh power: The company says it has accessed a world-record high temperature geothermal resource, and that hotter underground rocks can enable lower-cost power. (My latest for PV Magazine USA)
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Geothermal developer Mazama Energy aims for 5¢/kWh power
Mazama Energy says it has accessed a world-record high temperature geothermal resource, and that hotter underground rocks can enable lower-cost power.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Geothermal developer Mazama Energy aims for 5¢/kWh power: The company says it has accessed a world-record high temperature geothermal resource, and that hotter underground rocks can enable lower-cost power. (My latest for PV Magazine USA)
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New York utility aims to expand its flexible interconnection pilot:
After operating a 15 MW solar plant with flexible interconnection that requires occasional curtailment but not grid upgrades, Avangrid aims to expand flexible interconnection on its distribution grid.
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After operating a 15 MW solar plant with flexible interconnection that requires occasional curtailment but not grid upgrades, Avangrid aims to expand flexible interconnection on its distribution grid.
My latest for PV Mag
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New York utility aims to expand its flexible interconnection pilot
After operating a 15 MW solar plant with flexible interconnection that requires occasional curtailment but not grid upgrades, Avangrid seeks to expand flexible interconnection to additional portions o...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
New York utility aims to expand its flexible interconnection pilot:
After operating a 15 MW solar plant with flexible interconnection that requires occasional curtailment but not grid upgrades, Avangrid aims to expand flexible interconnection on its distribution grid.
My latest for PV Mag
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After operating a 15 MW solar plant with flexible interconnection that requires occasional curtailment but not grid upgrades, Avangrid aims to expand flexible interconnection on its distribution grid.
My latest for PV Mag
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Large-scale renewables have likely reduced electricity prices in recent years, while net energy metering and RPS policies generally increased prices, researchers found.
But states with the highest share of renewable generation in 2024 had among the lowest prices.
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But states with the highest share of renewable generation in 2024 had among the lowest prices.
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Solar deployment and policies have had a mixed effect on electricity prices, researchers find
While large-scale solar and wind deployment “may have reduced” retail electricity prices over the past five years, net energy metering and renewable portfolio standards generally increased prices, the...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Large-scale renewables have likely reduced electricity prices in recent years, while net energy metering and RPS policies generally increased prices, researchers found.
But states with the highest share of renewable generation in 2024 had among the lowest prices.
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But states with the highest share of renewable generation in 2024 had among the lowest prices.
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