The Solar*Rewards Community standard offer option will begin accepting applications for community solar gardens 10.1-100 kilowatts (kW) DC on May 15, 2018. The available capacity is 1MW DC and Renewable Energy Credit (REC) incentive price will be $0.0282/kWh. Standard offer capacity is assigned through a first-come-first-serve offering based on a 1MW carve out within the community solar … Continue reading Solar*Rewards Community® Standard offer launch notification
Lessons from Negotiations with the Utility
COSEIA Executive Director Rebecca Cantwell published an Op Ed piece in Solar Industry Magazine (January 2017) describing her experiences negotiating a complex settlement agreement with Xcel Energy last year. The settlement resolved issues in three major Xcel filings in 2016. We republish it here for your convenience: "As executive director of the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association, … Continue reading Lessons from Negotiations with the Utility
COSEIA Praises PUC Approval of Landmark Settlement with Xcel
Denver, CO, November 9, 2016 -- The three-member Colorado Public Utilities Commission on November 9, 2017 gave oral approval to a landmark settlement between Xcel Energy and two dozen organizations that will provide progress on energy policy for years to come. The Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA), which played a key role last summer … Continue reading COSEIA Praises PUC Approval of Landmark Settlement with Xcel
Victory for Solar Users Through PUC Settlement
We are pleased to let you know that key issues that will affect the Colorado solar market for years to come will be resolved through a landmark settlement filed August 15 by Xcel Energy along with COSEIA and two dozen other organizations. Our intense summer-long negotiations will resolve scores of issues raised by three different … Continue reading Victory for Solar Users Through PUC Settlement
Xcel Electric Rates Would Stifle Solar
Increased fixed costs with lower energy prices will make renewable energy and conservation investments less attractive Denver, CO, June 2, 2016 - Members of the public will have a chance to be heard June 9 and 16 at hearings on new rates that will affect everyone who pays an electric bill to Xcel Energy. The … Continue reading Xcel Electric Rates Would Stifle Solar
Solar*Rewards Process Frustrates Installers
April Allocations Plagued by Technical Glitches Solar companies encountered a host of problems some termed "devastating'' while trying to reserve their projects through Xcel Energy's online Solar Rewards system during the month of April 2016. Because the demand for residential and small commercial solar greatly outstrips the supply, the system typically accepts applications for only … Continue reading Solar*Rewards Process Frustrates Installers