Archive for the ‘GRU’ Category

Thursday, June 4, 2009 2:26 am | Edgar A. Gunther | 15 Comments »

SEIA trashes Gainesville Solar Feed-in Tariff

[Munich, Germany] A funny thing happened at the PV Industry Forum 2009. Solar Policy Not Invented by the SEIA? Legal challenges for state Feed-in Tariff policies. At the PV Industry Forum held last week before Intersolar 2009, Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) President & CEO Rhone Resch presented “New and emerging developments in the US solar market” in Session 1: PV Markets.   From PV Industry Forum 2009 After his presentation, an attendee asked: Would you tell me about the utility market in the United

Monday, February 9, 2009 4:28 am | Edgar A. Gunther | 6 Comments »

Feed-in Tariffs: Solar FiT for Gainesville, Florida!

A Solar Photovoltaic Incentive Policy We Can Believe In. Which US state will enact the first Feed-in Tariff (FiT)? Triangulate between Orlando, Jacksonville, and Tallahassee to find Gainesville, Florida USA. Photovoltaic advocates won’t need fancy geometry to locate Gainesville after “Commission gives its approval to feed-in tariff for solar power” by Megan Rolland for The Gainesville Sun. Per the Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) Friday, February 6, 2009, announcement “Leading the Nation: GRU’s Solar Feed-in-Tariff”, the Gainesville City Commission: gave unanimous