westfaironline.com By: Patrick Gallagher Connecticut, in partnership with U.S. Bancorp and a consortium of lenders, has amassed nearly $60 million in financing to help expand a 2008 solar leasing program that has already facilitated more than 850 home solar system leases. The second rollout of the CT Solar Lease program will provide for the installation […]
SolarThe Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has just ruled that all project information in connection with any ZREC/LREC bids (except bank accounts) will become public information after July 31, 2013, unless and until a project submits a motion for a protective order. See specific PURA language below: Any large or medium ZREC/LREC project […]
PURA, ZRECThe CT Mirror After outcry, renewable energy project details to be revealed By Jan Ellen Spiegel Wednesday, July 10, 2013 The approval in 2011 of a revamped commercial renewable energy incentive program in Connecticut was heralded by the industry here, particularly solar companies. For years they’d wrestled with unreliable funding that left them constantly unsure […]
DEEP, PURA, ZRECContact: David Goldberg Director, Government and External Relations Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority Phone: (860) 257-2889 Rocky Hill, Conn., July 9, 2013 — The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA) today released a rolling Request for Proposals (RFP) for its Combined Heat and Power Pilot Program. Pursuant to Section 103 of Public Act 11-80, and subsequently […]
CEFIA, EnergizeCTBy: Hartford Business Journal Connecticut officials want to more than double the number of electric vehicle charging stations this year, the state’s Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced. DEEP Commissioner Dan Esty, who was slated to speak at an electric vehicle expo this morning at Middlesex Community College, said the goal of […]
DEEP, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, EstyBy BRIAN DOWLING The Hartford Courant The state’s green bank on Friday closed on a $60 million deal that will finance leases for more than 2,000 rooftop solar systems for residential and commercial customers. The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority used $9.5 million in state funds to attract more than $50 million from banks […]
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Clean EnergyThe Hartford Courant By BRIAN DOWLING June 20, 2013 Another large solar company is leasing rooftop solar systems in the state. Sunrun, a San Francisco-based firm, announced Thursday that it is leasing rooftop solar systems to Connecticut residents. The lease model has grown in popularity in recent years, with customers given the option to pay […]
Hartford Courant, SolarHartford Business Journal by: Brad Kane June 17, 2013 With the Connecticut General Assembly’s passage of two more clean energy programs in June, the industry now has every available tool a state government can offer. “The pressure is now on our industry to perform,” said Michael Trahan, executive director for trade group Solar Connecticut. “The […]
HBJThe City of Boston announced this week that it is seeking proposals from installers of small-scale solar photovoltaic systems as part of its new Renew Boston Solarize Program 2013. We’re proud to report the Boston program is based off of the Solarize Mass ® program, which we launched in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Energy […]
Clean EnergyHartford Business Journal.com New Haven landlord PMC Property Group has been ordered to repay its tenants for charging them individual for their energy use, a practice encouraged by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the Connecticut legislature. PMC and its utility rebilling company Energy Management Systems billed 65 residential and one commercial tenants at 38 Crown […]
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