Welcome back, Solar Warrior.
I rarely get into the realm of politics but today’s episode is a particularly important opportunity for us to take action. I often use the moniker Solar Warriors because we’ve been on the front lines of the energy transition, but rarely does it hold more truth than right now in terms of the battles we have to engage in.
Perhaps you’ve seen my recent LinkedIn Posts to Stop the Threat to Solar and you’re now following the hashtag #SaveSolar.
Today’s episode is focused on what’s happening right now in a petition to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by a secretive group called the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) aimed at stripping away your solar rights, namely, the Net Energy Metering regulations that have stood for nearly a decade as Federally approved rules. Have a listen as I speak with Catherine Morehouse of Industry Dive and Glen Brand of Solar United Neighbors to unpack what this petition is all about and what we can do to stop it.
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Resources
Connect with Catherine on LinkedIn, Twiter, and check out the website of Industry Dive.
Connect with Glen on LinkedIn, Twitter, and check out the website of Solar United Neighbors.
Read: Secretive group’s petition to FERC could end ‘net metering as we know it’.
Join the FERC Open Meeting this Thursday
Remember that the transcript of this episode is available HERE