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thefirsthogokage · 7 months
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Re: Minimum Staffing in Writers Rooms in the WGA 2023 contract
Let's start this off with what the deal looks like on minimum room size:
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(link to full WGA 2023 contract)
Ok, so I wondered a bit about the minimum staffing in the contract myself. It seemed a little small, and I got a little confused with the writer-producer bit*. So here's something I just saw (reply to it incoming):
*Writer-producer is a new tier added this contract, as is stated in a tweet later in this post.
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That was is background to the next two tweets. I will say, someone pointed out how stupid only 6 episode series would be an incredibly stupid and unprofitable business model.
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But anywho, here's some interesting stuff about room sizes of other shows that's what got me down that path (keep in mind, I don't think these two saw the person's explanation).
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I haven't listened to this (yet?), but here's a podcast from one of the WGA NegComm members - John August - that apparently goes over the contract in technical speak:
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clickvibes · 4 months
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pooma-education · 5 months
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Central Teacher Eligibility Test 2023 by Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi
November 14, 2023
Teaching Jobs vacancy notification announced by the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi – Teachers. Eligible candidates may apply online by 23rd November 2023.
Eligibility: The minimum qualifications for appearing in the CTET are as notified by NCTE. The candidates are advised to visit the website of NCTE https://ncte.gov.in to ascertain their eligibility.
The minimum qualifications for the teaching staff should be in accordance with the following:
i. National Council for Teacher Education (Determination of Minimum Qualifications for Persons to be recruited as Education Teachers and Physical Education Teachers in Pre-Primary, Primary, Upper Primary, Secondary, Senior Secondary or Intermediate Schools or Colleges) Regulations as amended and notified from time to time.
ii. Minimum qualifications laid down in the Recruitment Rules for the teachers by the Appropriate Government where the school is situated or the Recruitment Rules for the teachers of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan or Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti.
iii. The candidate should satisfy his/her eligibility before applying and shall be personally responsible in case he/she is not eligible to apply as per the given eligibility criteria. It is to be noted that if a candidate has been allowed to appear in the Central Teacher Eligibility Test it does not imply that the candidate’s eligibility has been verified. It does not vest any right with the candidate for appointment. The eligibility shall be finally verified, by the concerned recruiting agency / appointing authority.
Note: As notified by NCTE, relaxation up to 5% in the qualifying marks in the minimum Educational Qualification for eligibility shall be allowed to the candidates belonging to reserved categories, such as SC/ST/ OBC/Differently-abled.
SCHEDULE AND MODE OF EXAMINATION
THE SCHEDULE OF CTET - January, 2024 IS GIVEN BELOW:
Dates of Examination: 21-01-2024
PAPER-II: 09:30 AM TO 12:00NOON, 2:30 HOURS
PAPER-I: 02:00 PM TO 04:30, 2:30 HOURS
Organization Website: https://www.cbse.gov.in/
STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF CTET:
All questions in CTET will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), with four alternatives out of which one answer will be most appropriate. Each carrying one mark and there will be no negative marking.
There will be two papers of CTET.
(i) Paper I will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes I to V.
(ii) Paper II will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes VI to VI
Registration Procedure:
(a) Authentication Form: Fill details like State, Identification type (select any Identity as applicable), Candidate’s Name, Date of Birth and Gender.
(b) Fill Online Application Form: Fill complete online Application Form and choose password.
After submission, a Registration Number/Application Number gets generated. 
Note down the Registration No./Application No. For subsequent login, system generated Registration No. /Application No. and chosen Password will be used. 
Password Policy will be as follows:
1. Password must be 8 to13 characters long.
2. Password must have at least one Upper case, one lower case alphabet and one numeric value and at least one special characters !@#$%^&*-
3. Candidate can change the passwords after login, if desired. New Password cannot be identical to any of the previous three passwords.
i) Candidate is advised not to disclose or share the password with anybody. Neither CTET nor NIC will be responsible for the violation or misuse of the password of a candidate.
ii) Candidate should log out at the end of their
(c) Online Uploading of Scanned Images:
Upload scanned photograph and signature in JPG/JPEG format.
Uploading of scanned Photo and      Signature are mandatory.
Size of scanned photograph should be between10 to100 KB
Image Dimension of photograph should be 3.5cm (width) x 4.5cm (height).
Size of scanned signature should be between 3 to 30 KB.
Image Dimension of signature should be 3.5cm (length) x 1.5cm (height).
The candidates are advised to keep the scanned images of latest photograph and signature of the candidates ready in JPG format and as per the size and dimension specified, before applying online.
The scanned image of latest photograph is required to upload to avoid the inconvenience at centre, as this photograph will be matched with the actual candidate appearing in the examination.
(d) Pay Examination Fee:
CATEGORY Only Paper- I or II Both Paper-I & II
General/OBC(NCL): Rs.1000/- Rs.1200/-
SC/ST/Diff. Abled Person: Rs.500/- Rs.600/-
GST as applicable will be charged extra by the Bank
Mode of Payment: By Online-mode (Payment by Debit Card/Credit Card/Net Banking).
(e) Downloading of Confirmation Page:
Candidates are required to take printout of Confirmation Page for record
MODE OF SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION:
A candidate can apply for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test On-line by logging on CTET official website https://ctet.nic.in only.
Before applying online please ensure to have following documents/files:
Scanned image of latest photograph in JPG/JPEG format only, for uploading.
Scanned image of signature in JPG/JPEG format only, for uploading.
Decide the mode of payment of fee:
Through Debit/Credit Card/Net Banking using on-line gateway payment facility,
a) If decided to pay fee through Debit/Credit Card, check the validity of the Card and keep it ready with you while logging on to website for submitting application form.
b) Once the payment has been confirmed by the Bank/CTET, a confirmation page will be generated.
c) In case, the fee payment status is not “OK‟ the candidates are advised as following:-
i) If the fee is paid through credit/debit card and status is not OK, it means the transaction is cancelled and the amount will be refunded to concerned credit/debit card within a week. Such candidates have to pay the fee once again.
ii) If the fee is paid through net banking and status is not successful, it means the transaction is not completed. Such candidates have to pay the fee.
d) Please note that fee submitted by any other mode like money order, demand draft, IPO etc. will be rejected. Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.
The candidates are NOT required to send hard copy of confirmation page to CTET Unit.
However, the candidates are advised to retain the hard copy of the application for future
Candidates can apply for CTET–JANUARY, 2024 “ON-LINE” through CTET website https://ctet.nic.in w.e.f. 03.11.2023 to 23.11.2023 (Before 11:59 PM)
Link to apply: https://ctet.nic.in/
Organization Address:
DEPUTY SECRETARY,
CENTRAL TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST UNIT,
CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION,
PS1-2, INSTITUTIONAL AREA,
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notopedia-india · 11 months
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SSC CHSL Exam 2023: Notification, Important Dates, Eligibility, and Application Process
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The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released the latest notification for the Combined Higher Secondary Level (CHSL) exam. This exam is conducted to recruit candidates for various posts such as Lower Division Clerk (LDC), Data Entry Operator (DEO), Postal/Sorting Assistant, and Court Clerk. Aspiring candidates should carefully go through the notification to understand the important dates, eligibility criteria, application process, and other relevant information.
Important Dates:
SSC CHSL Notification 2023 - May 09, 2023
Beginning of SSC CHSL Application Process - May 09, 2023
Last Date to fill SSC CHSL Application Forms - June 08, 2023
Last Date for Online Fee Payment - June 10, 2023
Last Date for Generation of Offline Challan - June 11, 2023
Last Date for Application Fee Payment Through Challan - June 12, 2023
Application Correction Window - June 14-15, 2023
Release of SSC CHSL Tier 1 Admit Card - June/ August 2023 (Expected)
SSC CHSL Tier 1 exam - August 02-22, 2023
Release of SSC CHSL Tier 1 Answer key - To be Announced
Declaration of SSC CHSL Tier 1 Result - To be Announced
Release of SSC CHSL Tier 2 Admit Card - To be Announced
SSC CHSL Tier 2 exam - To be Announced
Declaration of SSC CHSL Tier 2 exam - To be Announced
Eligibility Criteria:
Candidates must meet the following eligibility criteria to apply for the SSC CHSL exam:
Educational Qualification:
Must have completed 10+2 (12th Standard) from a recognized board or equivalent.
For the post of DEO in the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), candidates must have passed in Mathematics as a subject in their 10+2 studies.
Age Limit:
Minimum Age: 18 years
Maximum Age: 27 years (Age relaxation applicable for reserved categories as per government rules)
Application Process:
The application process for the SSC CHSL exam involves the following steps:
Online Registration:
Visit the official SSC website and click on the SSC CHSL application link.
Fill in the required details, such as personal information, educational qualifications, and contact details.
Submit the registration form and note down the registration number and password generated.
Application Fee Payment:
Pay the prescribed application fee through online or offline mode as mentioned in the notification.
Fee relaxation is applicable for candidates belonging to reserved categories as per government rules.
Document Upload:
Upload scanned copies of the required documents, such as photograph and signature, in the specified format and size.
Final Submission:
Review all the entered details and ensure their accuracy.
Submit the application form and take a printout of the confirmation page for future reference.
Note: Detailed instructions and guidelines will be provided in the official notification and application portal.
Notopedia provides the latest updates on important aspects such as SSC CHSL exam date 2023, admit cards, results, and other important notifications. Staying updated with these crucial details is essential for effective exam preparation and ensuring a smooth experience throughout the examination process.
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meghalayacareer · 1 year
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IASST Guwahati Recruitment 2023: Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) Vacancy (3 Posts)
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IASST Guwahati Recruitment 2023: Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati has released an employment notification for the recruitment of 03 Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) vacancies. The last date for submission of the application is 24/03/2023. Post Name: Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) - No. of vacancies: 03 - Qualification: Matriculation or its equivalent. - Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience in the trade(s) (Experience as Cook, Mali, Electrician, Caretaker Cleaning and Upkeep of the section, civil work Reprography). The candidate will have to produce an experience certificate from the employer specifying their nature of work, tenure of experience, and performance grading (Outstanding/Excellent/Very good/ Satisfactory). - Knowledge: The person must know the local language, Assamese (both reading & writing). - Pay Level: Level-1, Rs. 18,000-56,900/- plus admissible allowances as per Central Govt. rules. - Maximum Age: 30 years (Relaxation as per G.O.I notification). However, the maximum age of such candidates, who has been serving under contract in the specified areas at IASST may be relaxed. How to Apply for IASST Guwahati Recruitment? - Eligible candidates may apply for the position by submitting the hard copy of the duly filled-in prescribed application form along with self-attested copies of educational and experience certificates and mark sheets with two recent passport-size photographs. - The filled-up application form must reach the Registrar, IASST, Paschim Boragaon, Garchuk, Guwahati-781035 Assam latest by 5 pm on 24.03.2023, by Speed/Registered Post/courier or By Hand. - The envelope should be super scribed with the name of the post and Advt. no. on the top. - The Institute will not be held responsible for any postal delay. Contact details of the institute are as follows:  Address: The Registrar, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Paschim Boragaon, Garchuk, Guwahati – 781035, Assam. Website: www.iasst.gov.in Email ID: [email protected] Selection Procedure of IASST Guwahati Vacancy Only the Shortlisted Candidates will be called for the written test followed by the Skill test. Successful Candidates in the written test will be required to appear in the Skill Test. The Institute reserves the right to conduct multiple trade tests in the relevant areas/trade. Candidates with knowledge in more than one area of multi-Tasking will be preferred. The written tests will be conducted on subjects of General Awareness, English, and Quantitative Aptitude of Class X Standard. - Results of the Trade test and written tests will be published exclusively on the institute website and no separate communication to the candidates will be made. Candidates are requested to go through the IASST website regularly for any notification in this regard. - No TA/DA is payable for attending the Written Test/Trade Test Those who wish to apply are advised to go through the below official notification in detail before submitting applications. Download Application Form Click Here Download Official Notification Click Here Job Updates on Telegram Click Here Read the full article
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orbemnews · 3 years
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Analysis: Janet Yellen says critics of Biden's tax hikes are asking the wrong question They want some proposals, like the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies, to harm particular economic activities. They accept that higher corporate taxes will reduce the profitability of business investments, and may even preclude the most marginally profitable ones. What Biden’s brain trust wanted to ensure is that the negative effects of tax hikes on business and the wealthy don’t offset the economic benefits of what they finance: new spending on education and infrastructure and big tax benefits for less-affluent families. Backed by some independent analysts, they believe they’ve succeeded. “The greatest threat to our economic recovery — and our long-term economic prospects — is not a marginally higher tax rate for large corporations or the top 1% of taxpayers,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told CNN via email. “It’s a lack of support for America’s workers and families.” “Asking ‘will these tax increases hurt the economy?’ is not the right question,” Yellen said. “The right question is: ‘Is trading higher taxes on high-income taxpayers for middle-class tax cuts and major economic investments pro-growth?’ And the answer to that question is a resounding yes.” Biden must sell that case to a majority of lawmakers to move his plan through Congress. Though polls show Americans back higher taxes on business and the wealthy, Republicans and business leaders have taken aim in hopes of stopping them. “The biggest job-killing tax hikes in a generation,” declared Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina in his Republican response to Biden’s speech to lawmakers last week. In a Business Roundtable survey of CEOs, 98% said Biden’s tax hikes would make their companies less competitive, 75% said it would curb investment in research and development, and 71% said it would impede hiring. ‘I would not say it is a job-killing disaster’ Those attacks sound familiar because they echo jibes against tax hikes enacted by the last two Democratic presidents. As it happened, Bill Clinton oversaw an economic boom and Barack Obama the longest streak of private sector job growth in American history. Economic modeling, including from conservative analysts, casts doubt on dire Republican warnings again this time. The right-leaning Tax Foundation forecast last year that Biden campaign tax proposals, which were larger than he has proposed so far, would reduce the size of the economy by 1.62% in 2050. Republican economist Doug Holtz-Eakin, after accounting for benefits from the spending plans the tax hikes would finance, estimated that Biden’s plan would reduce the long-run size of the economy by just .2%. The conservative American Enterprise Institute found a scant .16% long-run decline from Biden’s tax hikes alone. “I would not say it is a job-killing disaster,” said AEI’s Kyle Pomerleau. Echoing his 2020 campaign plan, the President has proposed a raft of tax hikes that include raising the top corporate rate to 28% from 21%, raising the top personal rate to 39.6% from 37%, and raising the levy on capital gains to 43.4% for those with incomes above $1 million. He pledges to spare anyone earning under $400,000 from higher taxes. Applying a ‘pressure test’ Since Biden took office, his economic advisers say they’ve worked with career staff at the Treasury Department and analysts borrowed from the Federal Reserve to “pressure test” his proposals. One key goal is making sure different pieces fit together. For example, when they set out to close a loophole shielding profits from certain real estate transactions, Treasury officials worried about hitting business partnerships that might include under-$400,000 earners. To avert that, they exempted transactions with profits under $500,000. To prevent some companies from exploiting so many deductions that they pay no federal tax at all, candidate Biden proposed a 15% minimum tax on companies with “book income” exceeding $100 million as reported to investors. After calculating that loopholes closed elsewhere in Biden’s plan would cover all but a few companies, they raised the “book income” threshold to $2 billion. Biden proposed a potent revenue-raising combination targeting wealthy heirs: higher capital gains rates, and a new requirement that those rates be levied on the appreciation of inherited assets even if those assets have not been sold. But to avoid the appearance of overkill, they set aside another campaign proposal to slash the $11.7 million threshold below which estates are exempt from what Republicans call the “death tax.” Treasury economists say they found no red flags from their analysis of effects of tax hikes on different industry sectors or representative examples of companies and individual taxpayers. They continue to conduct macro-economic modeling. Biden aides declined to share any specific results so far. But Treasury models resemble those used by the Tax Policy Center, which employs multiple former government economists. A TPC analysis in November found that Biden’s campaign tax plan, by somewhat discouraging labor supply and investment, would reduce the size of the economy by .7% in 2023. The reduction would narrow to .3% by 2030 and disappear by 2040. “There’s a whole lot of uncertainty in this stuff,” conceded TPC’s Eric Toder, a former Clinton administration Treasury official. The TPC analysis did not attempt to measure the effects of Biden’s spending plans. The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn-Wharton Budget Model did, finding that Biden’s agenda overall would slightly reduce the size of the economy by 2030, then slightly increase it by 2050. Similarly, Moody’s economist Mark Zandi sees a “marginal” short-term drag from Biden’s tax hikes. But he says that would quickly turn around as infrastructure spending accelerates and adds 2.5 million new jobs in 2024-25. Biden will rely on Yellen’s credibility — she drew 84 Senate votes for confirmation to lead the Treasury after a widely-praised tenure as Federal Reserve chair — in countering attacks on his tax agenda. Her core argument: the tax hikes and spending plans can only be accurately weighed in combination. “Since the Reagan years, we’ve been enduring a particularly potent economic ideology in this country — one that says tax cuts, as a rule, promote growth while government investment, as a rule, is wasteful,” she wrote via email. “This ideology has never made much sense given what we know about the payoffs from government investments in people, infrastructure and R&D.” Yellen concluded: “Right now we’re living at a moment of imbalance between what our government takes in as revenue and what it needs to invest. The President’s proposals correct that imbalance and make sure America can compete based on the skill of our workforce and the strength of our infrastructure instead of a race to the bottom on tax rates.” Source link Orbem News #Analysis #Bidens #Critics #hikes #Janet #JanetYellensayscriticsofBiden'staxhikesareaskingthewrongquestion-CNNPolitics #Politics #question #Tax #WRONG #Yellen
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10 reasons why first-time entrepreneurs fail – Product Reviews
More than 50% of the companies fail in their first four years of existence. This is not just an amazing number, but it is also a terrifying truth. It means that if you started your entrepreneurship career today, your company could have closed in 2023. For an enthusiastic entrepreneur who is willing to roll up their sleeves and take advantage of the market potential, it is devastating to know that their efforts could be in vain.
However, it does not mean that you should not become your own boss. On the contrary, it can learn from the failure of previous entrepreneurs to avoid some of the pitfalls of a commercial launch. In fact, although the market can change and demand can decrease, most of the time, companies close due to the costly mistakes they have made. Below are the ten most damaging mistakes of young entrepreneurs:
# 1. They do not have the mental strength
The management of a company requires many skills and knowledge, but it requires a lot of emotional and mental energy. You should get up every day and be prepared to address what the day has to offer, even if it is bad news. In fact, you have to be able to follow despite the disappointments or setbacks along the way. As a businessman for the first time, you must be realistic about your business trip. Failures occur, but they do not define the end point of your trip. On the contrary, failures are lessons that must be learned and reflected so that you can improve your strategy. Giving up the first obstacle is not an option. However, it is, unfortunately, a common mistake for first time business owners. Hiccups are not an indication that you should stop your business trip. Stay there and push, adapting your style to your environment.
# 2. They are experts but not in business matters
Solitary entrepreneurs tend to focus on their area of ​​expertise. Whether they are professional marketers or decorating designers, they build their business strategy completely to promote their expert skills. However, this can lead to a common mistake, that is, to believe that you can establish a successful entrepreneurship trip using only the skills you intend to sell, also known as skills that are essential for the provision of your services and / or the creation of their products. But a company requires a sense of direction that needs to be injected through its know-how of the business world: it is something that can be reviewed with a degree of organizational leadership BS . Ultimately, you must know how to make effective business decisions to successfully manage the processes, equipment and culture of the company. In fact, your business is a complex machine that needs a leader to keep operations under control.
# 3. You face new money decisions for which you are not prepared
You may not have had financial difficulties with your personal budget yet, but things are very different when it comes to your finances deal. For anyone thinking of starting a business, the first problem occurs when trying to estimate how much it will cost to start your entrepreneurship journey. As a result of the lack of basic knowledge, most aspiring business owners can not elaborate a precise budget . As a result, they do not know that they have enough money to start their business. This can affect not only the development of your company, but also affects your personal finances in a situation where you try to self-finance. Also, nobody wants to launch a company in a broom closet. You want an inspiring workplace and, as a novice entrepreneur, you are more likely to invest in unnecessary luxury items, which increases your business expenses.
# 4. They do not prepare their business plan
Who needs a business plan? You just started! You have not yet explored the market or your full potential! Precisely for that reason you need a business plan that defines where you want your company to be in three, five or ten years. The central purpose of the plan is to encourage you to consider all the opportunities and functions of your company. Its priority is to establish a comprehensive market research, which is used as a basis to evaluate the size of the market and the types of customers. Defining how the market is segmented, as well as who its competitors are, is vital for the creation of its commercial strategy. Your plan will document your findings and your approach to acquiring clients and hiring talent, as well as to explore operational milestones.
# 5. They work too much
You own a business. You need to work harder than everyone else in the company. While it is fair to say that your teams expect you to show dedication to the business, there is a golden rule when it comes to work addiction ; to know, do not do it. Entrepreneurs work hard to keep things in control. However, working more and more hours is not the solution. In fact, you are likely to experience a decrease in your ability to read your team's behavior, which can affect your leadership. Also, the more you work, the less you sleep and, as a result, your strength and decision-making skills will be significantly affected. In addition, overwork is not synonymous with productivity. On the contrary, the more you work, the less productive you become, which means that you not only slow down your business, but you are also more likely to make mistakes.
# 6. Suffer from the business initiative blues
The entrepreneur often sits alone above the business hierarchy. When you start your entrepreneurial journey, you must accept that there will be lonely times. Consequently, introverts tend to be better equipped to become business owners. However, loneliness is a real problem for all entrepreneurs, and is closely linked to mental health problems. The enterprising soloists, especially, are the first to fight with the slippery rope of loneliness . You need a social network to stay committed and motivated. From the basics, a coworking space can offer a suitable alternative to the home office environment. You can join business networks to exchange ideas with entrepreneurs with the same mentality and find a sense of belonging to the large business community. Ultimately, loneliness is a silent and invisible disease that can take control of your mind and increase the risk of heart disease and cancer.
# 7. They do not recognize a bad idea of ​​a good
Is your idea good? The uniqueness of your opinion does not qualify your profitability. But for new entrepreneurs, it can be difficult to take a step back and analyze empirically and prove the validity of their idea . Consequently, it is important that you work on an idea launch very early on your business trip. If you know professionals who understand your market, it can be beneficial to invite them to talk and test their commercial discourse. You can also opt for a physical experiment creating a viable product or service for sale, which allows you to test how the market will respond to your idea. However, do not invest too much budget in the design of a final product; instead, you should focus on the minimum vital product that explains or introduces the process without incurring manufacturing expenses.
# 8. Do not treat your team with kindness
As a new entrepreneur, you have a lot on your plate. You work hard. He has invested a lot of time and money in launching his company, so it is natural to expect his team to give the best of themselves. However, there is a fine line between being a strict employer and not treating your employees with the respect they deserve. Be sure to keep your head clear and take the time to listen to the concerns of your staff . Even when you feel crushed by the workload and pressure, you must make communication a priority. It is easy to concentrate on the work in question and forget about the people around you. But in the long term, not communicating properly and making your employers feel appreciated can affect the future of your business.
# 9. Not in network
Isolated entrepreneurs have difficulty entering the market. Buyers need time to know and trust new brands. If you want to be noticed, you need to think creatively. Your marketing strategy can only get here. It is also necessary to find supporters within the market. In other words, you can create a professional network using your suppliers, partners and beta clients to establish your presence. As a newcomer to the market, you can benefit from trusted advocates, such as having your provider produce a case study of the services they address in your company.
# 10. Trying to do it all
Starting a business is hard work. But many entrepreneurs complicate things trying to tackle everything in the company . If your experience is based on creating content, it might be tempting to create your own website to showcase your portfolio. However, the skills required in creating content are different from the ones you need to create a website. As a result, your site may not achieve the professional aspect you expect. Ultimately, you want to trust the experts where you need them.
Small businesses can fail very early in life. While you can not control market conditions, you have an opinion on how to manage and prepare your commercial presence. Avoiding costly mistakes can make your business trip continue for longer!
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Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
On 10/17/18, a groundbreaking event was held for a community solar installation being developed by SunCommon, partnering with Orange County Citizens Foundation, to supply a group of 60 homes and a community center located in the hillsides of an exurb called Sugar Loaf near Chester, NY.
The staff and community members were ebullient, as the project, coming to the end of 2-year development process, begins the final stage of erecting the racks and panels, and installing the interconnection, which will be completed in the next 30 days. It is the first project for SunCommon, a firm with a large footprint in Vermont, to be installed in the Hudson Valley since its recent merger with Hudson Solar located in Rhinebeck, which on its own had completed one prior community solar project.
Community solar project structures are proliferating, because they offer access to renewable energy sourced remotely for homeowners who are unable to install panels on their roof or ground-mounted on their property due to either insufficient insolation or upfront funding.  The structure is different than an Energy Service Co (ESCO), which also provides energy from remotely located renewable sources, but ESCOs have had a history of problematic transparency and overcharging, which often cancels out any potential cost benefits to the customer.
Community solar is generically a form of “Virtual Net Metering”, which credits the subscriber a prorata share of the actual energy generated by the distributed generating facility, which is shown on the utility invoice as a credit offsetting the utility bill.  If offered as a subscription, (which can be highly varied), the value of the energy credited to company from the utility, plus tax credits, RECs, & depreciation, netted against the long term liabilities, allows the company to compute a discount in payments from the customers that can still yield a profit. The customer sees a payment to the Community Solar company typically at a simple 10% reduction from the customer’s baseline electric bill.
SunCommon uses an alternative purchase model, in which customers buy an allocation of the hardware and infrastructure, calculated to provide sufficient energy for the customer’s specific load requirements.  In that case, the calculations to show costs benefits is more complicated, involving tax deductions that vary with the customer’s individual financial situation.  These savings often result in greater than 10% average annual savings.  Although it may not be possible to predict savings with absolute precision, one can safely assume that electricity costs will be rising, possibly more steeply than currently anticipated, which would result in more savings than conservatively presented by marketing staff.
The SunCommon project is sized for what they regard their “sweet spot”, about 380kW in a mid-size range between 150kW – 750kW, a.  They intentionally avoid projects scaled to the maximum 2MW sizing allowable under current rules for community solar, because of additional complexity.  Even a routine sized project like this requires a long series of steps to obtain permitting approvals.
The site must be secured, by purchase or lease, with easements for utility access;
Interconnect approvals from the utility must be assessed, to confirm proximity to switching & trunk lines, and more importantly, availability of capacity. Smaller installations can be approved without major, costly line upgrades, which for larger sites could include the requirement to install a transformer substation at developer cost.
Permitting with the local Town Board must be in compliance with all the elements of their Solar Law, must meet the requirement for sufficient public hearings to air potential objections,
Environmental review requirements under SEQRA must be met
and it must be marketed to achieve a minimum level of subscription to be viable.
Jeff Irish, SunCommon’s VP & General Manager, made a point of noting in his comments that the firm had been organized as a “B Corp”, meaning a Public Benefit Corporation a voluntary certification of commitment to a “stakeholder model” of corporate governance, which places the concerns of workers, community and customers, as well as environmental considerations on equal footing with shareholder profit.  An epoch-making federal statute with similar provisions was recently proposed to restructure corporate governance under Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism bill.
New York State policy affecting Community Solar includes
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV),
a Clean Energy Standard (CES) that articulates the state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals to achieve 50% renewable energy by 2030, and
the Clean Energy Fund (CEF) that committed $5B over 10 years. These incentive programs are administered by NYSERDA, under the NY-Sun Initiative, which in turn administers the Solar PV Megawatt Block program, which has been funded with a $1B budget & a goal of installing 3GW of solar by 2023.
The incentives have incrementally stepped down, with the earliest investments being given the most support to kick start the market, with as much as $1/MW, and less being offered to later entrants, now down to $.30/MW.
There are 3 regions, and 3 sectors.  As shown, there are quota blocks, which are filling up in each region and sector, in this graphic prepared by NYSERDA (data as of 11/21/17).
The mid-Hudson region is the most active in development of solar projects, with Orange County leading the entire state in Community Distributed Generation (CDG).
However, not all proposed projects are completed and become operational.  But if the goals of the REV & RPS targets are to be reached, it would be incumbent upon the state to support net metering pricing
sufficiently to incentivize private sector development, and to increase the MW block quota caps.   However, it seems that currently, despite the positive commitments set forth in the REV goals, some of the implementing policies seem either not strong enough or actively adverse to those goals.
The prime example of this is the State Public Service Commission determination to side with the utilities in its restructured net metering rules, dubbed “Value of Distributed Energy Resources”.  The utilities favor VDER, having chafed under net metering, but it appears to be quashing development momentum,  because these new pricing standards are not only more complex, but they result in lower net payments from utilities to distributed generators.  The PSC has effectively accepted the argument from the utilities that net metering provides owners of renewable assets with excessive benefits to the detriment of all the other ratepayers, despite evidence for benefits renewables provide to the utilities for enhanced grid flexibility, and avoidance of capital investment in new base load generation.
Could faster adoption of renewables, stimulated by higher net metering compensation and higher MW Block quotas, have made it possible to avoid an installation of the CPV gas power plant in Waywanda?  The question of whether replacement power for closure of Indian Point nuclear plant could have come entirely from renewables and energy efficiency, and avoided building the CPV gas plant, clearly a very  complex question, was addressed in a report prepared by Synapse Energy Economics for Riverkeeper and Natural Resources Defense Council, and analyzed here by a reasonably non-partisan expert.
Clearly, VDER has made Community solar development more uneconomic, so it’s fortuitous that SunCommon has reached its goal in this project, to provide more customers an opportunity to participate in the transition to a low carbon economy, and add data points to the advocacy battle against regressive fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
On 10/17/18, a groundbreaking event was held for a community solar installation being developed by SunCommon, partnering with Orange County Citizens Foundation, to supply a group of 60 homes and a community center located in the hillsides of an exurb called Sugar Loaf near Chester, NY.
The staff and community members were ebullient, as the project, coming to the end of 2-year development process, begins the final stage of erecting the racks and panels, and installing the interconnection, which will be completed in the next 30 days. It is the first project for SunCommon, a firm with a large footprint in Vermont, to be installed in the Hudson Valley since its recent merger with Hudson Solar located in Rhinebeck, which on its own had completed one prior community solar project.
Community solar project structures are proliferating, because they offer access to renewable energy sourced remotely for homeowners who are unable to install panels on their roof or ground-mounted on their property due to either insufficient insolation or upfront funding.  The structure is different than an Energy Service Co (ESCO), which also provides energy from remotely located renewable sources, but ESCOs have had a history of problematic transparency and overcharging, which often cancels out any potential cost benefits to the customer.
Community solar is generically a form of “Virtual Net Metering”, which credits the subscriber a prorata share of the actual energy generated by the distributed generating facility, which is shown on the utility invoice as a credit offsetting the utility bill.  If offered as a subscription, (which can be highly varied), the value of the energy credited to company from the utility, plus tax credits, RECs, & depreciation, netted against the long term liabilities, allows the company to compute a discount in payments from the customers that can still yield a profit. The customer sees a payment to the Community Solar company typically at a simple 10% reduction from the customer’s baseline electric bill.
SunCommon uses an alternative purchase model, in which customers buy an allocation of the hardware and infrastructure, calculated to provide sufficient energy for the customer’s specific load requirements.  In that case, the calculations to show costs benefits is more complicated, involving tax deductions that vary with the customer’s individual financial situation.  These savings often result in greater than 10% average annual savings.  Although it may not be possible to predict savings with absolute precision, one can safely assume that electricity costs will be rising, possibly more steeply than currently anticipated, which would result in more savings than conservatively presented by marketing staff.
The SunCommon project is sized for what they regard their “sweet spot”, about 380kW in a mid-size range between 150kW – 750kW, a.  They intentionally avoid projects scaled to the maximum 2MW sizing allowable under current rules for community solar, because of additional complexity.  Even a routine sized project like this requires a long series of steps to obtain permitting approvals.
The site must be secured, by purchase or lease, with easements for utility access;
Interconnect approvals from the utility must be assessed, to confirm proximity to switching & trunk lines, and more importantly, availability of capacity. Smaller installations can be approved without major, costly line upgrades, which for larger sites could include the requirement to install a transformer substation at developer cost.
Permitting with the local Town Board must be in compliance with all the elements of their Solar Law, must meet the requirement for sufficient public hearings to air potential objections,
Environmental review requirements under SEQRA must be met
and it must be marketed to achieve a minimum level of subscription to be viable.
Jeff Irish, SunCommon’s VP & General Manager, made a point of noting in his comments that the firm had been organized as a “B Corp”, meaning a Public Benefit Corporation a voluntary certification of commitment to a “stakeholder model” of corporate governance, which places the concerns of workers, community and customers, as well as environmental considerations on equal footing with shareholder profit.  An epoch-making federal statute with similar provisions was recently proposed to restructure corporate governance under Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism bill.
New York State policy affecting Community Solar includes
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV),
a Clean Energy Standard (CES) that articulates the state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals to achieve 50% renewable energy by 2030, and
the Clean Energy Fund (CEF) that committed $5B over 10 years. These incentive programs are administered by NYSERDA, under the NY-Sun Initiative, which in turn administers the Solar PV Megawatt Block program, which has been funded with a $1B budget & a goal of installing 3GW of solar by 2023.
The incentives have incrementally stepped down, with the earliest investments being given the most support to kick start the market, with as much as $1/MW, and less being offered to later entrants, now down to $.30/MW.
There are 3 regions, and 3 sectors.  As shown, there are quota blocks, which are filling up in each region and sector, in this graphic prepared by NYSERDA (data as of 11/21/17).
The mid-Hudson region is the most active in development of solar projects, with Orange County leading the entire state in Community Distributed Generation (CDG).
However, not all proposed projects are completed and become operational.  But if the goals of the REV & RPS targets are to be reached, it would be incumbent upon the state to support net metering pricing
sufficiently to incentivize private sector development, and to increase the MW block quota caps.   However, it seems that currently, despite the positive commitments set forth in the REV goals, some of the implementing policies seem either not strong enough or actively adverse to those goals.
The prime example of this is the State Public Service Commission determination to side with the utilities in its restructured net metering rules, dubbed “Value of Distributed Energy Resources”.  The utilities favor VDER, having chafed under net metering, but it appears to be quashing development momentum,  because these new pricing standards are not only more complex, but they result in lower net payments from utilities to distributed generators.  The PSC has effectively accepted the argument from the utilities that net metering provides owners of renewable assets with excessive benefits to the detriment of all the other ratepayers, despite evidence for benefits renewables provide to the utilities for enhanced grid flexibility, and avoidance of capital investment in new base load generation.
Could faster adoption of renewables, stimulated by higher net metering compensation and higher MW Block quotas, have made it possible to avoid an installation of the CPV gas power plant in Waywanda?  The question of whether replacement power for closure of Indian Point nuclear plant could have come entirely from renewables and energy efficiency, and avoided building the CPV gas plant, clearly a very  complex question, was addressed in a report prepared by Synapse Energy Economics for Riverkeeper and Natural Resources Defense Council, and analyzed here by a reasonably non-partisan expert.
Clearly, VDER has made Community solar development more uneconomic, so it’s fortuitous that SunCommon has reached its goal in this project, to provide more customers an opportunity to participate in the transition to a low carbon economy, and add data points to the advocacy battle against regressive fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
On 10/17/18, a groundbreaking event was held for a community solar installation being developed by SunCommon, partnering with Orange County Citizens Foundation, to supply a group of 60 homes and a community center located in the hillsides of an exurb called Sugar Loaf near Chester, NY.
The staff and community members were ebullient, as the project, coming to the end of 2-year development process, begins the final stage of erecting the racks and panels, and installing the interconnection, which will be completed in the next 30 days. It is the first project for SunCommon, a firm with a large footprint in Vermont, to be installed in the Hudson Valley since its recent merger with Hudson Solar located in Rhinebeck, which on its own had completed one prior community solar project.
Community solar project structures are proliferating, because they offer access to renewable energy sourced remotely for homeowners who are unable to install panels on their roof or ground-mounted on their property due to either insufficient insolation or upfront funding.  The structure is different than an Energy Service Co (ESCO), which also provides energy from remotely located renewable sources, but ESCOs have had a history of problematic transparency and overcharging, which often cancels out any potential cost benefits to the customer.
Community solar is generically a form of “Virtual Net Metering”, which credits the subscriber a prorata share of the actual energy generated by the distributed generating facility, which is shown on the utility invoice as a credit offsetting the utility bill.  If offered as a subscription, (which can be highly varied), the value of the energy credited to company from the utility, plus tax credits, RECs, & depreciation, netted against the long term liabilities, allows the company to compute a discount in payments from the customers that can still yield a profit. The customer sees a payment to the Community Solar company typically at a simple 10% reduction from the customer’s baseline electric bill.
SunCommon uses an alternative purchase model, in which customers buy an allocation of the hardware and infrastructure, calculated to provide sufficient energy for the customer’s specific load requirements.  In that case, the calculations to show costs benefits is more complicated, involving tax deductions that vary with the customer’s individual financial situation.  These savings often result in greater than 10% average annual savings.  Although it may not be possible to predict savings with absolute precision, one can safely assume that electricity costs will be rising, possibly more steeply than currently anticipated, which would result in more savings than conservatively presented by marketing staff.
The SunCommon project is sized for what they regard their “sweet spot”, about 380kW in a mid-size range between 150kW – 750kW, a.  They intentionally avoid projects scaled to the maximum 2MW sizing allowable under current rules for community solar, because of additional complexity.  Even a routine sized project like this requires a long series of steps to obtain permitting approvals.
The site must be secured, by purchase or lease, with easements for utility access;
Interconnect approvals from the utility must be assessed, to confirm proximity to switching & trunk lines, and more importantly, availability of capacity. Smaller installations can be approved without major, costly line upgrades, which for larger sites could include the requirement to install a transformer substation at developer cost.
Permitting with the local Town Board must be in compliance with all the elements of their Solar Law, must meet the requirement for sufficient public hearings to air potential objections,
Environmental review requirements under SEQRA must be met
and it must be marketed to achieve a minimum level of subscription to be viable.
Jeff Irish, SunCommon’s VP & General Manager, made a point of noting in his comments that the firm had been organized as a “B Corp”, meaning a Public Benefit Corporation a voluntary certification of commitment to a “stakeholder model” of corporate governance, which places the concerns of workers, community and customers, as well as environmental considerations on equal footing with shareholder profit.  An epoch-making federal statute with similar provisions was recently proposed to restructure corporate governance under Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism bill.
New York State policy affecting Community Solar includes
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV),
a Clean Energy Standard (CES) that articulates the state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals to achieve 50% renewable energy by 2030, and
the Clean Energy Fund (CEF) that committed $5B over 10 years. These incentive programs are administered by NYSERDA, under the NY-Sun Initiative, which in turn administers the Solar PV Megawatt Block program, which has been funded with a $1B budget & a goal of installing 3GW of solar by 2023.
The incentives have incrementally stepped down, with the earliest investments being given the most support to kick start the market, with as much as $1/MW, and less being offered to later entrants, now down to $.30/MW.
There are 3 regions, and 3 sectors.  As shown, there are quota blocks, which are filling up in each region and sector, in this graphic prepared by NYSERDA (data as of 11/21/17).
The mid-Hudson region is the most active in development of solar projects, with Orange County leading the entire state in Community Distributed Generation (CDG).
However, not all proposed projects are completed and become operational.  But if the goals of the REV & RPS targets are to be reached, it would be incumbent upon the state to support net metering pricing
sufficiently to incentivize private sector development, and to increase the MW block quota caps.   However, it seems that currently, despite the positive commitments set forth in the REV goals, some of the implementing policies seem either not strong enough or actively adverse to those goals.
The prime example of this is the State Public Service Commission determination to side with the utilities in its restructured net metering rules, dubbed “Value of Distributed Energy Resources”.  The utilities favor VDER, having chafed under net metering, but it appears to be quashing development momentum,  because these new pricing standards are not only more complex, but they result in lower net payments from utilities to distributed generators.  The PSC has effectively accepted the argument from the utilities that net metering provides owners of renewable assets with excessive benefits to the detriment of all the other ratepayers, despite evidence for benefits renewables provide to the utilities for enhanced grid flexibility, and avoidance of capital investment in new base load generation.
Could faster adoption of renewables, stimulated by higher net metering compensation and higher MW Block quotas, have made it possible to avoid an installation of the CPV gas power plant in Waywanda?  The question of whether replacement power for closure of Indian Point nuclear plant could have come entirely from renewables and energy efficiency, and avoided building the CPV gas plant, clearly a very  complex question, was addressed in a report prepared by Synapse Energy Economics for Riverkeeper and Natural Resources Defense Council, and analyzed here by a reasonably non-partisan expert.
Clearly, VDER has made Community solar development more uneconomic, so it’s fortuitous that SunCommon has reached its goal in this project, to provide more customers an opportunity to participate in the transition to a low carbon economy, and add data points to the advocacy battle against regressive fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
On 10/17/18, a groundbreaking event was held for a community solar installation being developed by SunCommon, partnering with Orange County Citizens Foundation, to supply a group of 60 homes and a community center located in the hillsides of an exurb called Sugar Loaf near Chester, NY.
The staff and community members were ebullient, as the project, coming to the end of 2-year development process, begins the final stage of erecting the racks and panels, and installing the interconnection, which will be completed in the next 30 days. It is the first project for SunCommon, a firm with a large footprint in Vermont, to be installed in the Hudson Valley since its recent merger with Hudson Solar located in Rhinebeck, which on its own had completed one prior community solar project.
Community solar project structures are proliferating, because they offer access to renewable energy sourced remotely for homeowners who are unable to install panels on their roof or ground-mounted on their property due to either insufficient insolation or upfront funding.  The structure is different than an Energy Service Co (ESCO), which also provides energy from remotely located renewable sources, but ESCOs have had a history of problematic transparency and overcharging, which often cancels out any potential cost benefits to the customer.
Community solar is generically a form of “Virtual Net Metering”, which credits the subscriber a prorata share of the actual energy generated by the distributed generating facility, which is shown on the utility invoice as a credit offsetting the utility bill.  If offered as a subscription, (which can be highly varied), the value of the energy credited to company from the utility, plus tax credits, RECs, & depreciation, netted against the long term liabilities, allows the company to compute a discount in payments from the customers that can still yield a profit. The customer sees a payment to the Community Solar company typically at a simple 10% reduction from the customer’s baseline electric bill.
SunCommon uses an alternative purchase model, in which customers buy an allocation of the hardware and infrastructure, calculated to provide sufficient energy for the customer’s specific load requirements.  In that case, the calculations to show costs benefits is more complicated, involving tax deductions that vary with the customer’s individual financial situation.  These savings often result in greater than 10% average annual savings.  Although it may not be possible to predict savings with absolute precision, one can safely assume that electricity costs will be rising, possibly more steeply than currently anticipated, which would result in more savings than conservatively presented by marketing staff.
The SunCommon project is sized for what they regard their “sweet spot”, about 380kW in a mid-size range between 150kW – 750kW, a.  They intentionally avoid projects scaled to the maximum 2MW sizing allowable under current rules for community solar, because of additional complexity.  Even a routine sized project like this requires a long series of steps to obtain permitting approvals.
The site must be secured, by purchase or lease, with easements for utility access;
Interconnect approvals from the utility must be assessed, to confirm proximity to switching & trunk lines, and more importantly, availability of capacity. Smaller installations can be approved without major, costly line upgrades, which for larger sites could include the requirement to install a transformer substation at developer cost.
Permitting with the local Town Board must be in compliance with all the elements of their Solar Law, must meet the requirement for sufficient public hearings to air potential objections,
Environmental review requirements under SEQRA must be met
and it must be marketed to achieve a minimum level of subscription to be viable.
Jeff Irish, SunCommon’s VP & General Manager, made a point of noting in his comments that the firm had been organized as a “B Corp”, meaning a Public Benefit Corporation a voluntary certification of commitment to a “stakeholder model” of corporate governance, which places the concerns of workers, community and customers, as well as environmental considerations on equal footing with shareholder profit.  An epoch-making federal statute with similar provisions was recently proposed to restructure corporate governance under Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism bill.
New York State policy affecting Community Solar includes
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV),
a Clean Energy Standard (CES) that articulates the state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals to achieve 50% renewable energy by 2030, and
the Clean Energy Fund (CEF) that committed $5B over 10 years. These incentive programs are administered by NYSERDA, under the NY-Sun Initiative, which in turn administers the Solar PV Megawatt Block program, which has been funded with a $1B budget & a goal of installing 3GW of solar by 2023.
The incentives have incrementally stepped down, with the earliest investments being given the most support to kick start the market, with as much as $1/MW, and less being offered to later entrants, now down to $.30/MW.
There are 3 regions, and 3 sectors.  As shown, there are quota blocks, which are filling up in each region and sector, in this graphic prepared by NYSERDA (data as of 11/21/17).
The mid-Hudson region is the most active in development of solar projects, with Orange County leading the entire state in Community Distributed Generation (CDG).
However, not all proposed projects are completed and become operational.  But if the goals of the REV & RPS targets are to be reached, it would be incumbent upon the state to support net metering pricing
sufficiently to incentivize private sector development, and to increase the MW block quota caps.   However, it seems that currently, despite the positive commitments set forth in the REV goals, some of the implementing policies seem either not strong enough or actively adverse to those goals.
The prime example of this is the State Public Service Commission determination to side with the utilities in its restructured net metering rules, dubbed “Value of Distributed Energy Resources”.  The utilities favor VDER, having chafed under net metering, but it appears to be quashing development momentum,  because these new pricing standards are not only more complex, but they result in lower net payments from utilities to distributed generators.  The PSC has effectively accepted the argument from the utilities that net metering provides owners of renewable assets with excessive benefits to the detriment of all the other ratepayers, despite evidence for benefits renewables provide to the utilities for enhanced grid flexibility, and avoidance of capital investment in new base load generation.
Could faster adoption of renewables, stimulated by higher net metering compensation and higher MW Block quotas, have made it possible to avoid an installation of the CPV gas power plant in Waywanda?  The question of whether replacement power for closure of Indian Point nuclear plant could have come entirely from renewables and energy efficiency, and avoided building the CPV gas plant, clearly a very  complex question, was addressed in a report prepared by Synapse Energy Economics for Riverkeeper and Natural Resources Defense Council, and analyzed here by a reasonably non-partisan expert.
Clearly, VDER has made Community solar development more uneconomic, so it’s fortuitous that SunCommon has reached its goal in this project, to provide more customers an opportunity to participate in the transition to a low carbon economy, and add data points to the advocacy battle against regressive fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
On 10/17/18, a groundbreaking event was held for a community solar installation being developed by SunCommon, partnering with Orange County Citizens Foundation, to supply a group of 60 homes and a community center located in the hillsides of an exurb called Sugar Loaf near Chester, NY.
The staff and community members were ebullient, as the project, coming to the end of 2-year development process, begins the final stage of erecting the racks and panels, and installing the interconnection, which will be completed in the next 30 days. It is the first project for SunCommon, a firm with a large footprint in Vermont, to be installed in the Hudson Valley since its recent merger with Hudson Solar located in Rhinebeck, which on its own had completed one prior community solar project.
Community solar project structures are proliferating, because they offer access to renewable energy sourced remotely for homeowners who are unable to install panels on their roof or ground-mounted on their property due to either insufficient insolation or upfront funding.  The structure is different than an Energy Service Co (ESCO), which also provides energy from remotely located renewable sources, but ESCOs have had a history of problematic transparency and overcharging, which often cancels out any potential cost benefits to the customer.
Community solar is generically a form of “Virtual Net Metering”, which credits the subscriber a prorata share of the actual energy generated by the distributed generating facility, which is shown on the utility invoice as a credit offsetting the utility bill.  If offered as a subscription, (which can be highly varied), the value of the energy credited to company from the utility, plus tax credits, RECs, & depreciation, netted against the long term liabilities, allows the company to compute a discount in payments from the customers that can still yield a profit. The customer sees a payment to the Community Solar company typically at a simple 10% reduction from the customer’s baseline electric bill.
SunCommon uses an alternative purchase model, in which customers buy an allocation of the hardware and infrastructure, calculated to provide sufficient energy for the customer’s specific load requirements.  In that case, the calculations to show costs benefits is more complicated, involving tax deductions that vary with the customer’s individual financial situation.  These savings often result in greater than 10% average annual savings.  Although it may not be possible to predict savings with absolute precision, one can safely assume that electricity costs will be rising, possibly more steeply than currently anticipated, which would result in more savings than conservatively presented by marketing staff.
The SunCommon project is sized for what they regard their “sweet spot”, about 380kW in a mid-size range between 150kW – 750kW, a.  They intentionally avoid projects scaled to the maximum 2MW sizing allowable under current rules for community solar, because of additional complexity.  Even a routine sized project like this requires a long series of steps to obtain permitting approvals.
The site must be secured, by purchase or lease, with easements for utility access;
Interconnect approvals from the utility must be assessed, to confirm proximity to switching & trunk lines, and more importantly, availability of capacity. Smaller installations can be approved without major, costly line upgrades, which for larger sites could include the requirement to install a transformer substation at developer cost.
Permitting with the local Town Board must be in compliance with all the elements of their Solar Law, must meet the requirement for sufficient public hearings to air potential objections,
Environmental review requirements under SEQRA must be met
and it must be marketed to achieve a minimum level of subscription to be viable.
Jeff Irish, SunCommon’s VP & General Manager, made a point of noting in his comments that the firm had been organized as a “B Corp”, meaning a Public Benefit Corporation a voluntary certification of commitment to a “stakeholder model” of corporate governance, which places the concerns of workers, community and customers, as well as environmental considerations on equal footing with shareholder profit.  An epoch-making federal statute with similar provisions was recently proposed to restructure corporate governance under Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism bill.
New York State policy affecting Community Solar includes
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV),
a Clean Energy Standard (CES) that articulates the state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals to achieve 50% renewable energy by 2030, and
the Clean Energy Fund (CEF) that committed $5B over 10 years. These incentive programs are administered by NYSERDA, under the NY-Sun Initiative, which in turn administers the Solar PV Megawatt Block program, which has been funded with a $1B budget & a goal of installing 3GW of solar by 2023.
The incentives have incrementally stepped down, with the earliest investments being given the most support to kick start the market, with as much as $1/MW, and less being offered to later entrants, now down to $.30/MW.
There are 3 regions, and 3 sectors.  As shown, there are quota blocks, which are filling up in each region and sector, in this graphic prepared by NYSERDA (data as of 11/21/17).
The mid-Hudson region is the most active in development of solar projects, with Orange County leading the entire state in Community Distributed Generation (CDG).
However, not all proposed projects are completed and become operational.  But if the goals of the REV & RPS targets are to be reached, it would be incumbent upon the state to support net metering pricing
sufficiently to incentivize private sector development, and to increase the MW block quota caps.   However, it seems that currently, despite the positive commitments set forth in the REV goals, some of the implementing policies seem either not strong enough or actively adverse to those goals.
The prime example of this is the State Public Service Commission determination to side with the utilities in its restructured net metering rules, dubbed “Value of Distributed Energy Resources”.  The utilities favor VDER, having chafed under net metering, but it appears to be quashing development momentum,  because these new pricing standards are not only more complex, but they result in lower net payments from utilities to distributed generators.  The PSC has effectively accepted the argument from the utilities that net metering provides owners of renewable assets with excessive benefits to the detriment of all the other ratepayers, despite evidence for benefits renewables provide to the utilities for enhanced grid flexibility, and avoidance of capital investment in new base load generation.
Could faster adoption of renewables, stimulated by higher net metering compensation and higher MW Block quotas, have made it possible to avoid an installation of the CPV gas power plant in Waywanda?  The question of whether replacement power for closure of Indian Point nuclear plant could have come entirely from renewables and energy efficiency, and avoided building the CPV gas plant, clearly a very  complex question, was addressed in a report prepared by Synapse Energy Economics for Riverkeeper and Natural Resources Defense Council, and analyzed here by a reasonably non-partisan expert.
Clearly, VDER has made Community solar development more uneconomic, so it’s fortuitous that SunCommon has reached its goal in this project, to provide more customers an opportunity to participate in the transition to a low carbon economy, and add data points to the advocacy battle against regressive fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
On 10/17/18, a groundbreaking event was held for a community solar installation being developed by SunCommon, partnering with Orange County Citizens Foundation, to supply a group of 60 homes and a community center located in the hillsides of an exurb called Sugar Loaf near Chester, NY.
The staff and community members were ebullient, as the project, coming to the end of 2-year development process, begins the final stage of erecting the racks and panels, and installing the interconnection, which will be completed in the next 30 days. It is the first project for SunCommon, a firm with a large footprint in Vermont, to be installed in the Hudson Valley since its recent merger with Hudson Solar located in Rhinebeck, which on its own had completed one prior community solar project.
Community solar project structures are proliferating, because they offer access to renewable energy sourced remotely for homeowners who are unable to install panels on their roof or ground-mounted on their property due to either insufficient insolation or upfront funding.  The structure is different than an Energy Service Co (ESCO), which also provides energy from remotely located renewable sources, but ESCOs have had a history of problematic transparency and overcharging, which often cancels out any potential cost benefits to the customer.
Community solar is generically a form of “Virtual Net Metering”, which credits the subscriber a prorata share of the actual energy generated by the distributed generating facility, which is shown on the utility invoice as a credit offsetting the utility bill.  If offered as a subscription, (which can be highly varied), the value of the energy credited to company from the utility, plus tax credits, RECs, & depreciation, netted against the long term liabilities, allows the company to compute a discount in payments from the customers that can still yield a profit. The customer sees a payment to the Community Solar company typically at a simple 10% reduction from the customer’s baseline electric bill.
SunCommon uses an alternative purchase model, in which customers buy an allocation of the hardware and infrastructure, calculated to provide sufficient energy for the customer’s specific load requirements.  In that case, the calculations to show costs benefits is more complicated, involving tax deductions that vary with the customer’s individual financial situation.  These savings often result in greater than 10% average annual savings.  Although it may not be possible to predict savings with absolute precision, one can safely assume that electricity costs will be rising, possibly more steeply than currently anticipated, which would result in more savings than conservatively presented by marketing staff.
The SunCommon project is sized for what they regard their “sweet spot”, about 380kW in a mid-size range between 150kW – 750kW, a.  They intentionally avoid projects scaled to the maximum 2MW sizing allowable under current rules for community solar, because of additional complexity.  Even a routine sized project like this requires a long series of steps to obtain permitting approvals.
The site must be secured, by purchase or lease, with easements for utility access;
Interconnect approvals from the utility must be assessed, to confirm proximity to switching & trunk lines, and more importantly, availability of capacity. Smaller installations can be approved without major, costly line upgrades, which for larger sites could include the requirement to install a transformer substation at developer cost.
Permitting with the local Town Board must be in compliance with all the elements of their Solar Law, must meet the requirement for sufficient public hearings to air potential objections,
Environmental review requirements under SEQRA must be met
and it must be marketed to achieve a minimum level of subscription to be viable.
Jeff Irish, SunCommon’s VP & General Manager, made a point of noting in his comments that the firm had been organized as a “B Corp”, meaning a Public Benefit Corporation a voluntary certification of commitment to a “stakeholder model” of corporate governance, which places the concerns of workers, community and customers, as well as environmental considerations on equal footing with shareholder profit.  An epoch-making federal statute with similar provisions was recently proposed to restructure corporate governance under Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism bill.
New York State policy affecting Community Solar includes
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV),
a Clean Energy Standard (CES) that articulates the state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals to achieve 50% renewable energy by 2030, and
the Clean Energy Fund (CEF) that committed $5B over 10 years. These incentive programs are administered by NYSERDA, under the NY-Sun Initiative, which in turn administers the Solar PV Megawatt Block program, which has been funded with a $1B budget & a goal of installing 3GW of solar by 2023.
The incentives have incrementally stepped down, with the earliest investments being given the most support to kick start the market, with as much as $1/MW, and less being offered to later entrants, now down to $.30/MW.
There are 3 regions, and 3 sectors.  As shown, there are quota blocks, which are filling up in each region and sector, in this graphic prepared by NYSERDA (data as of 11/21/17).
The mid-Hudson region is the most active in development of solar projects, with Orange County leading the entire state in Community Distributed Generation (CDG).
However, not all proposed projects are completed and become operational.  But if the goals of the REV & RPS targets are to be reached, it would be incumbent upon the state to support net metering pricing
sufficiently to incentivize private sector development, and to increase the MW block quota caps.   However, it seems that currently, despite the positive commitments set forth in the REV goals, some of the implementing policies seem either not strong enough or actively adverse to those goals.
The prime example of this is the State Public Service Commission determination to side with the utilities in its restructured net metering rules, dubbed “Value of Distributed Energy Resources”.  The utilities favor VDER, having chafed under net metering, but it appears to be quashing development momentum,  because these new pricing standards are not only more complex, but they result in lower net payments from utilities to distributed generators.  The PSC has effectively accepted the argument from the utilities that net metering provides owners of renewable assets with excessive benefits to the detriment of all the other ratepayers, despite evidence for benefits renewables provide to the utilities for enhanced grid flexibility, and avoidance of capital investment in new base load generation.
Could faster adoption of renewables, stimulated by higher net metering compensation and higher MW Block quotas, have made it possible to avoid an installation of the CPV gas power plant in Waywanda?  The question of whether replacement power for closure of Indian Point nuclear plant could have come entirely from renewables and energy efficiency, and avoided building the CPV gas plant, clearly a very  complex question, was addressed in a report prepared by Synapse Energy Economics for Riverkeeper and Natural Resources Defense Council, and analyzed here by a reasonably non-partisan expert.
Clearly, VDER has made Community solar development more uneconomic, so it’s fortuitous that SunCommon has reached its goal in this project, to provide more customers an opportunity to participate in the transition to a low carbon economy, and add data points to the advocacy battle against regressive fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
On 10/17/18, a groundbreaking event was held for a community solar installation being developed by SunCommon, partnering with Orange County Citizens Foundation, to supply a group of 60 homes and a community center located in the hillsides of an exurb called Sugar Loaf near Chester, NY.
The staff and community members were ebullient, as the project, coming to the end of 2-year development process, begins the final stage of erecting the racks and panels, and installing the interconnection, which will be completed in the next 30 days. It is the first project for SunCommon, a firm with a large footprint in Vermont, to be installed in the Hudson Valley since its recent merger with Hudson Solar located in Rhinebeck, which on its own had completed one prior community solar project.
Community solar project structures are proliferating, because they offer access to renewable energy sourced remotely for homeowners who are unable to install panels on their roof or ground-mounted on their property due to either insufficient insolation or upfront funding.  The structure is different than an Energy Service Co (ESCO), which also provides energy from remotely located renewable sources, but ESCOs have had a history of problematic transparency and overcharging, which often cancels out any potential cost benefits to the customer.
Community solar is generically a form of “Virtual Net Metering”, which credits the subscriber a prorata share of the actual energy generated by the distributed generating facility, which is shown on the utility invoice as a credit offsetting the utility bill.  If offered as a subscription, (which can be highly varied), the value of the energy credited to company from the utility, plus tax credits, RECs, & depreciation, netted against the long term liabilities, allows the company to compute a discount in payments from the customers that can still yield a profit. The customer sees a payment to the Community Solar company typically at a simple 10% reduction from the customer’s baseline electric bill.
SunCommon uses an alternative purchase model, in which customers buy an allocation of the hardware and infrastructure, calculated to provide sufficient energy for the customer’s specific load requirements.  In that case, the calculations to show costs benefits is more complicated, involving tax deductions that vary with the customer’s individual financial situation.  These savings often result in greater than 10% average annual savings.  Although it may not be possible to predict savings with absolute precision, one can safely assume that electricity costs will be rising, possibly more steeply than currently anticipated, which would result in more savings than conservatively presented by marketing staff.
The SunCommon project is sized for what they regard their “sweet spot”, about 380kW in a mid-size range between 150kW – 750kW, a.  They intentionally avoid projects scaled to the maximum 2MW sizing allowable under current rules for community solar, because of additional complexity.  Even a routine sized project like this requires a long series of steps to obtain permitting approvals.
The site must be secured, by purchase or lease, with easements for utility access;
Interconnect approvals from the utility must be assessed, to confirm proximity to switching & trunk lines, and more importantly, availability of capacity. Smaller installations can be approved without major, costly line upgrades, which for larger sites could include the requirement to install a transformer substation at developer cost.
Permitting with the local Town Board must be in compliance with all the elements of their Solar Law, must meet the requirement for sufficient public hearings to air potential objections,
Environmental review requirements under SEQRA must be met
and it must be marketed to achieve a minimum level of subscription to be viable.
Jeff Irish, SunCommon’s VP & General Manager, made a point of noting in his comments that the firm had been organized as a “B Corp”, meaning a Public Benefit Corporation a voluntary certification of commitment to a “stakeholder model” of corporate governance, which places the concerns of workers, community and customers, as well as environmental considerations on equal footing with shareholder profit.  An epoch-making federal statute with similar provisions was recently proposed to restructure corporate governance under Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism bill.
New York State policy affecting Community Solar includes
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV),
a Clean Energy Standard (CES) that articulates the state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals to achieve 50% renewable energy by 2030, and
the Clean Energy Fund (CEF) that committed $5B over 10 years. These incentive programs are administered by NYSERDA, under the NY-Sun Initiative, which in turn administers the Solar PV Megawatt Block program, which has been funded with a $1B budget & a goal of installing 3GW of solar by 2023.
The incentives have incrementally stepped down, with the earliest investments being given the most support to kick start the market, with as much as $1/MW, and less being offered to later entrants, now down to $.30/MW.
There are 3 regions, and 3 sectors.  As shown, there are quota blocks, which are filling up in each region and sector, in this graphic prepared by NYSERDA (data as of 11/21/17).
The mid-Hudson region is the most active in development of solar projects, with Orange County leading the entire state in Community Distributed Generation (CDG).
However, not all proposed projects are completed and become operational.  But if the goals of the REV & RPS targets are to be reached, it would be incumbent upon the state to support net metering pricing
sufficiently to incentivize private sector development, and to increase the MW block quota caps.   However, it seems that currently, despite the positive commitments set forth in the REV goals, some of the implementing policies seem either not strong enough or actively adverse to those goals.
The prime example of this is the State Public Service Commission determination to side with the utilities in its restructured net metering rules, dubbed “Value of Distributed Energy Resources”.  The utilities favor VDER, having chafed under net metering, but it appears to be quashing development momentum,  because these new pricing standards are not only more complex, but they result in lower net payments from utilities to distributed generators.  The PSC has effectively accepted the argument from the utilities that net metering provides owners of renewable assets with excessive benefits to the detriment of all the other ratepayers, despite evidence for benefits renewables provide to the utilities for enhanced grid flexibility, and avoidance of capital investment in new base load generation.
Could faster adoption of renewables, stimulated by higher net metering compensation and higher MW Block quotas, have made it possible to avoid an installation of the CPV gas power plant in Waywanda?  The question of whether replacement power for closure of Indian Point nuclear plant could have come entirely from renewables and energy efficiency, and avoided building the CPV gas plant, clearly a very  complex question, was addressed in a report prepared by Synapse Energy Economics for Riverkeeper and Natural Resources Defense Council, and analyzed here by a reasonably non-partisan expert.
Clearly, VDER has made Community solar development more uneconomic, so it’s fortuitous that SunCommon has reached its goal in this project, to provide more customers an opportunity to participate in the transition to a low carbon economy, and add data points to the advocacy battle against regressive fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
Suncommon breaks ground on a new Community Solar project in the Hudson Valley
On 10/17/18, a groundbreaking event was held for a community solar installation being developed by SunCommon, partnering with Orange County Citizens Foundation, to supply a group of 60 homes and a community center located in the hillsides of an exurb called Sugar Loaf near Chester, NY.
The staff and community members were ebullient, as the project, coming to the end of 2-year development process, begins the final stage of erecting the racks and panels, and installing the interconnection, which will be completed in the next 30 days. It is the first project for SunCommon, a firm with a large footprint in Vermont, to be installed in the Hudson Valley since its recent merger with Hudson Solar located in Rhinebeck, which on its own had completed one prior community solar project.
Community solar project structures are proliferating, because they offer access to renewable energy sourced remotely for homeowners who are unable to install panels on their roof or ground-mounted on their property due to either insufficient insolation or upfront funding.  The structure is different than an Energy Service Co (ESCO), which also provides energy from remotely located renewable sources, but ESCOs have had a history of problematic transparency and overcharging, which often cancels out any potential cost benefits to the customer.
Community solar is generically a form of “Virtual Net Metering”, which credits the subscriber a prorata share of the actual energy generated by the distributed generating facility, which is shown on the utility invoice as a credit offsetting the utility bill.  If offered as a subscription, (which can be highly varied), the value of the energy credited to company from the utility, plus tax credits, RECs, & depreciation, netted against the long term liabilities, allows the company to compute a discount in payments from the customers that can still yield a profit. The customer sees a payment to the Community Solar company typically at a simple 10% reduction from the customer’s baseline electric bill.
SunCommon uses an alternative purchase model, in which customers buy an allocation of the hardware and infrastructure, calculated to provide sufficient energy for the customer’s specific load requirements.  In that case, the calculations to show costs benefits is more complicated, involving tax deductions that vary with the customer’s individual financial situation.  These savings often result in greater than 10% average annual savings.  Although it may not be possible to predict savings with absolute precision, one can safely assume that electricity costs will be rising, possibly more steeply than currently anticipated, which would result in more savings than conservatively presented by marketing staff.
The SunCommon project is sized for what they regard their “sweet spot”, about 380kW in a mid-size range between 150kW – 750kW, a.  They intentionally avoid projects scaled to the maximum 2MW sizing allowable under current rules for community solar, because of additional complexity.  Even a routine sized project like this requires a long series of steps to obtain permitting approvals.
The site must be secured, by purchase or lease, with easements for utility access;
Interconnect approvals from the utility must be assessed, to confirm proximity to switching & trunk lines, and more importantly, availability of capacity. Smaller installations can be approved without major, costly line upgrades, which for larger sites could include the requirement to install a transformer substation at developer cost.
Permitting with the local Town Board must be in compliance with all the elements of their Solar Law, must meet the requirement for sufficient public hearings to air potential objections,
Environmental review requirements under SEQRA must be met
and it must be marketed to achieve a minimum level of subscription to be viable.
Jeff Irish, SunCommon’s VP & General Manager, made a point of noting in his comments that the firm had been organized as a “B Corp”, meaning a Public Benefit Corporation a voluntary certification of commitment to a “stakeholder model” of corporate governance, which places the concerns of workers, community and customers, as well as environmental considerations on equal footing with shareholder profit.  An epoch-making federal statute with similar provisions was recently proposed to restructure corporate governance under Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism bill.
New York State policy affecting Community Solar includes
Reforming the Energy Vision (REV),
a Clean Energy Standard (CES) that articulates the state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals to achieve 50% renewable energy by 2030, and
the Clean Energy Fund (CEF) that committed $5B over 10 years. These incentive programs are administered by NYSERDA, under the NY-Sun Initiative, which in turn administers the Solar PV Megawatt Block program, which has been funded with a $1B budget & a goal of installing 3GW of solar by 2023.
The incentives have incrementally stepped down, with the earliest investments being given the most support to kick start the market, with as much as $1/MW, and less being offered to later entrants, now down to $.30/MW.
There are 3 regions, and 3 sectors.  As shown, there are quota blocks, which are filling up in each region and sector, in this graphic prepared by NYSERDA (data as of 11/21/17).
The mid-Hudson region is the most active in development of solar projects, with Orange County leading the entire state in Community Distributed Generation (CDG).
However, not all proposed projects are completed and become operational.  But if the goals of the REV & RPS targets are to be reached, it would be incumbent upon the state to support net metering pricing
sufficiently to incentivize private sector development, and to increase the MW block quota caps.   However, it seems that currently, despite the positive commitments set forth in the REV goals, some of the implementing policies seem either not strong enough or actively adverse to those goals.
The prime example of this is the State Public Service Commission determination to side with the utilities in its restructured net metering rules, dubbed “Value of Distributed Energy Resources”.  The utilities favor VDER, having chafed under net metering, but it appears to be quashing development momentum,  because these new pricing standards are not only more complex, but they result in lower net payments from utilities to distributed generators.  The PSC has effectively accepted the argument from the utilities that net metering provides owners of renewable assets with excessive benefits to the detriment of all the other ratepayers, despite evidence for benefits renewables provide to the utilities for enhanced grid flexibility, and avoidance of capital investment in new base load generation.
Could faster adoption of renewables, stimulated by higher net metering compensation and higher MW Block quotas, have made it possible to avoid an installation of the CPV gas power plant in Waywanda?  The question of whether replacement power for closure of Indian Point nuclear plant could have come entirely from renewables and energy efficiency, and avoided building the CPV gas plant, clearly a very  complex question, was addressed in a report prepared by Synapse Energy Economics for Riverkeeper and Natural Resources Defense Council, and analyzed here by a reasonably non-partisan expert.
Clearly, VDER has made Community solar development more uneconomic, so it’s fortuitous that SunCommon has reached its goal in this project, to provide more customers an opportunity to participate in the transition to a low carbon economy, and add data points to the advocacy battle against regressive fossil fuel infrastructure.
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