Policy & regulation

Climate justice

Video: Why do people in lower-income neighborhoods pay more for LED lightbulbs?

A conversation on energy justice with Tony Reames, a new adviser in the U.S. Department of Energy.

By Canary Staff . 30 December 2021
Policy & regulation

The top 6 ambitious state climate laws passed in 2021

Progress may be stalled in D.C., but there's real momentum on the state level, from blue states like Oregon to red states like North Carolina.

By Jeff St. John . 28 December 2021
Energy storage

Big batteries are booming in California, but the outlook for small-scale storage just got more uncertain

A new plan for solar net metering could slow adoption of home batteries — just when the state needs them most.

By Elizabeth McCarthy . 23 December 2021
Politics

2021: The year clean energy consolidated its political power in Washington

A chat with Heather Zichal, the new top lobbyist for big clean energy, on how the industry is honing its powers of persuasion.

By Julian Spector . 21 December 2021
Solar

The solar industry in 2021: Big, complicated and kind of weird

The top 11 solar power trends, from rising component costs (a first!) to online sales of rooftop systems.

By Eric Wesoff . 20 December 2021
Politics

Rounding up the year in climate politics

What happened with climate and energy in Congress in 2021, what's ahead in 2022, and when will they pass the Build Back Better Act?

By David Roberts . 17 December 2021
Policy & regulation

The avoided-cost calculator: The controversial metric at the center of California’s solar net-metering fight

Tying rooftop solar payments to climate and grid benefits makes sense in theory. But in the real world, it could get very messy.

By Jeff St. John . 16 December 2021
Sponsored

Ensuring hydrogen supply chains don’t become ‘nobody’s problem’

A lack of purpose-built infrastructure and equipment could stop the transition to hydrogen in its tracks.

15 December 2021
Policy & regulation

California net-metering proposal would decimate rooftop solar market, industry says

The solar industry is “shocked” by plan to impose new fees for rooftop systems and slash payments for solar fed to the grid. Will the CPUC change course?

By Jeff St. John . 14 December 2021
Solar

The controversies at the heart of California’s solar net-metering fight

The future of rooftop solar in the country’s biggest solar market is up for grabs. Here’s what’s on the table.

By Jeff St. John . 10 December 2021