19 October 2015

#1 Sun-Rich Arizona : State's Biggest Utilities Defeat Innovation in Solar Power

From Cronkite News
Arizona sees decrease in new solar installations
By Audrey Weil | Cronkite News | POSTED: Oct 16, 2015
Arizona dropped from first in the country to eighth in solar capacity additions, according to Environment America’s latest solar report, which also notes the drop comes “following the imposition of new fees on solar customers and near-constant attacks on distributed solar generation from the state’s biggest utilities.”
“Arizona is not number 1 in too many things. Education, we’re at the bottom, but in solar, we were at the top. That was good,” Arizona State University Director of Solar Energy Engineering Harvey Bryan said . . . Arizona ranks second, behind California, in total solar electricity capacity . . .
Go Read  http://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2015/10/16/arizona-sees-decrease-in-new-solar-installation

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Why Sun-Soaked Arizona Is Killing Solar Power




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