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Illinois co-op customers seek ​‘Solar Bill of Rights’

By Dan Haugen

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SOLAR: An Illinois bill has developed into a comprehensive ​“Solar Bill of Rights” to protect rural electric co-op customers who often face arbitrary and changing rules when seeking to install solar panels. (Energy News Network)

ALSO: Missouri, Nebraska, and the Dakotas are among the states that will have funding for low-income solar for the first time as a result of the Biden administration’s $7 billion Solar for All program. (Canary Media)

WIND:

  • A North Dakota county commission denies a preliminary permit for what would be the state’s largest wind farm, citing concerns about its potential impact on roads, farming, wildlife and a local airport. (Bismarck Tribune)
  • A North Dakota economic development fund awards a $2.5 million grant to a Grand Forks company that makes software to help automate inspections of wind turbines and transmission lines. (North Dakota Monitor)

OHIO:

STORAGE: A University of Michigan study finds that adding battery storage to the grid can encourage markets to favor coal over natural gas. (Utility Dive)

CO2 PIPELINES: Summit Carbon Solutions discusses its proposed carbon sequestration pipeline with officials in a South Dakota county where it seeks to connect to a local ethanol plant. (Mitchell Republic)

ELECTRIC VEHICLES:

  • Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed $25 million electric vehicle rebate program is among the spending priorities left out of budget bills advancing in the Democratic-led Legislature. (Bridge)
  • General Motors introduces a vehicle-to-home charging system that would allow customers to use their electric vehicle batteries as a backup energy source. (Utility Dive)

COMMENTARY: Ohioans must stop thinking of natural gas as an economic asset and wake up to the environmental and public health dangers that fracking brings, a conservation group writes. (Columbus Dispatch)

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