Does the California Solar Rights Act (“Act”) limit actions that can be taken by Community Choice Aggregators (“CCAs”)?  Arguably, yes. In California, a CCA’s rates and programs for solar customers are not regulated by the California Public Utility Commission (“CPUC”).  Does this mean that solar customers’ only protection is through the net energy metering (“NEM”) rulemaking process…

Our public utility commissions should support the private cleantech industry demanded by voters in the form of laws that protect the right to own private clean energy sources, such as solar and microgrids (“Distributed Energy Resources” or “DERs”). There are more than 1 million locally owned DERs in California alone, which is the equivalent of…

This article was co-authored by Angela Lipanovich, Esq., Founder of Estriatus Law, PC and Jan Freiwald, PhD, Executive Director of Reef Check.  Ms. Lipanovich is a cleantech attorney with decades of experience in the renewable energy industry.  Dr. Freiwald specializes in marine science and runs Reef Check an international ocean conservation NGO with projects focused on climate science…

One of the leading online sources on micro-grids, Microgrid Knowledge, recently asked our founder Angela Lipanovich for her thoughts on financing microgrids. Check out the article and read about this important topic: Microgrids May Make Sense. But How do you Pay for Them?

Check out page 12 of Solar Today, Summer 2019 for a fantastic article by Angela Lipanovich called “Solar For Zero Down: Too Good To Be True.”