What You Need To Know

Friday, May 21

Don’t miss a beat. Here are today’s stories you should read:

SMALL BUSINESS GOES GREEN: Jamie and Amanda Leef, owner and operators of Heal Vet, installed a 48 panel, 19kW solar electric system that produces 75 percent of their energy use annually. Read more about how the Massachusetts veterinary clinic reduced costs by embracing solar.

OHIO BILLS SPELL POTENTIAL TROUBLE for Candela Renewables. Senate Bill 52 and House Bill 118 would give local control to determine where renewable projects can be zoned. It is uncertain if the bill will pass, and if so, how it could restrict the large solar project.

ILLINOIS RACING AGAINST TIME as their 25 percent renewable energy goal by 2025 isn’t on track. The 2016 legislation hasn’t delivered on its promise of a robust solar power industry.

CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS leveraged the “SUSPENSE FILE” to kill a bill that would have boosted solar power in the Golden State.

What else you need to know:

• EV battery recycling troubles for Coloradans

• Boulder, CO welcomes electric buses to fleet

• Biden Admin flips the switch to new bulb standards

• Many Mainers ask for consumer-owned utility

• Google, Microsoft, other companies pursue new certification to back 24/7 clean energy claims

• Arizona looks again to 100 percent carbon-free electricity

• Investors turn to “Climate Intelligence”

• SMUD takes swipe at consumers feeding excess power into the system

• Sunrun CEO Lynn Jurich spoke with David Roberts on the promise of electrification

• Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is proposing a $246 million rate increase