Rachel Metea

For rooftop, community solar, ‘we’re all for it,’ ComEd says Electric utility ComEd and its parent company Exelon spoke in a keynote session at the Midwest Solar Expo about why, as utilities, they want growth in the community solar and rooftop solar markets.

🔥 Proof that vertical #monopoly utilities oppose community solar just to protect profits! ComEd in Illinois (where utilities don’t own power plants) says, “we’re all for [community solar].” vist.ly/3n7ptxg h/t @rachelmetea.bsky.social / PV Mag

Republican lawmakers retry bill to bring community solar to Ohio Ohio state representatives reintroduced a bill to legalize community solar after the legislation's previous versions were left to die in the Senate.

Ohio state representatives reintroduced a bill to legalize community solar after the legislation’s previous versions were left to die in the Senate. #communitysolar

Why Pennsylvania’s efforts to legalize community solar might make a breakthrough After nearly a decade of failed legislation, a coalition of community solar advocates are making headway in an effort to support community solar in Pennsylvania. Vote Solar's Elowyn Corby spoke about ...

This bill fascinated me the more read up on it when I first reported it. So spoke with Vote Solar to learn more about this progressive solar bill that began as a Republican-led effort. #energysky

Anti-solar bills die in Texas House Legislation that would "kill renewable energy in Texas" failed to progress in the state's House of Representatives.

1/2 From @rachelmetea.bsky.social. The Texas legislature listened to their constituents (see 2/2) and decided to pass on 3 bills that would have slowed the Texas solar industries' record progress. 🔌💡

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Solar recycling facility opens in New Jersey Commercial Solar Panel Recycling said its permit to open the facility was the first of its kind specific to solar recycling.

From @rachelmetea.bsky.social "there is growing concern about what happens to solar panels when they are no longer useful". I travel to a lot of conservative states and I get the recycling question ALL THE TIME. Recycling is a MUST for Solar adoption. 🔌💡🌞

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Bill to build out agrivoltaics in Oklahoma advances With Oklahoma's sudden surge in solar development, the House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at bringing harmony between renewable energy and the state's farms and ranches.

@rachelmetea.bsky.social brings us news from Oklahoma. "Oklahoma was one of fifteen states in which solar capacity grew by more than 50% in 2024." 🔌💡🐃

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Thanks for sharing this article about community solar in Illinois #communitysolar