In: solar
The Market for California Solar RECs is Heating Up
- September 19, 2019
- David Burdick
- Asset ManagementInsightSolar
Whether you own your solar projects or the projects are owned by a third-party, your organization may have the opportunity to capitalize on an additional revenue opportunity from these existing systems. When properly managed, each megawatt hour of solar energy …
Battery Energy Storage Systems and CCA NEM Customers
- August 29, 2019
- Ashley Hale
- Insight
In our previous TerraBlog post, “How CCAs can model and deploy battery energy storage and DERs”, we shared a case study for using the Building Efficiency Optimization (BEO) software to reduce a community choice agency’s (CCAs) cost to …
Top 3 Risks for Organizations that Have Solar
- August 27, 2019
- David Burdick
- Asset ManagementSchoolsSolarWater Agencies
Earlier this year, the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) announced that the U.S. is now home to over 2 million solar (PV) installations. What is even more incredible, is that this announcement came only three years after the industry …
How CCAs can partner with their NEM customers to reduce their Resource Adequacy costs with energy storage systems
- August 2, 2019
- Ashley Hale
- Insight
In our previous TerraBlog post, How batteries can reduce CCAs GHG emissions, we shared the process of modeling the impact energy storage systems have on greenhouse gas emissions of a community choice agency (CCA). In this two-part post we …
How battery energy storage systems can reduce CCAs GHG emissions
- July 18, 2019
- Ashley Hale
- Insight
In our previous TerraBlog post, How CCAs can model and deploy DERs, we shared the process and results for modeling energy storage systems for CCA customers with existing solar systems under the NEM tariff. Part of this process included …
How Energy Master Planning Keeps your Energy Costs Down
- July 10, 2019
- Karly Zimmerman Fogg
- InsightSchools
You may wonder what the best, most effective way is to lower your energy costs. The answer is a comprehensive approach that addresses both your current and your future energy demands through a new approach called Energy Master Planning. …
How CCAs can model and deploy battery energy storage systems and DERs
- July 8, 2019
- Ali Chehrehsaz
- Insight
With the rapid emergence of community choice energy agencies (CCAs) throughout the state, California schools, municipalities and other public agencies are well positioned to take advantage of the new choice in how their electricity is supplied. For most public agencies, …
Is It Time To Buyout Your Solar PPA
- August 20, 2018
- David Burdick
- InsightSchoolsWater Agencies
It’s been more than ten years since the passage of the California Solar Initiative (CSI) and Federal Solar Tax Credit legislation. Since then, public & private entities across California have deployed solar as a part of their sustainability and energy …
The Top 5 Ways Solar Owners Lose Money
- July 16, 2018
- David Burdick
- InsightSchoolsSolar
How much money did you lose last year on your solar investment?
In California alone, we’ve seen 21 gigawatts of solar (photovoltaic) installed, representing $42.7 billion in capital investments. The deployment of these systems is only the first step in …