How Is Solar Preparing for the ITC Step-Down?
The federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC), as established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, has been vital to the growth of solar. The 30% credit has fueled a 1,600% increase in solar installations since its inception. The tax credit remains at 30% of project cost until...
Pennsylvania’s SREC Market: The Borders Have Officially Closed
In October 2017, Pennsylvania lawmakers and Governor Wolf passed Act 40. The law aimed to fix the oversupply in Pennsylvania’s solar renewable energy credit (SREC) market by closing the borders to out-of-state solar energy systems, preventing them from selling their...
Weathering the Storm: Solar and Extreme Weather
This is an excerpt from the September 2017 edition of The SOL SOURCE, a monthly electronic newsletter analyzing the latest trends in renewable energy based on our unique position in the solar financing space. To receive future editions of the journal, please...