We closed out 2017 after fighting successfully to remove the most damning provisions for clean energy from the tax bill. With that bill now law, we will need the rest of this year and, perhaps, several more, to figure out how the new tax code will impact innovative industries. With the tax bill off Congress’s […]
What Do the Results of the 2016 Election Mean For Clean Energy in DC?
The results of this week’s election are certainly a surprise and will impact the focus and direction of policymakers moving forward. As we look ahead, historically, Congress is most active when one party controls the House of Representatives, Senate and White House. We expect 2017 to follow this trend, particularly because Republicans campaigned, in part, […]
Blog: Utility of the Future or What to Think When Everyone Says Your World is Turning Upside Down
Article originally published in Energy Biz. As the red-eye jet made its way toward the airport with dawn breaking, street lights still on and house lights coming on, I watched first the farms with long roads, then the small clusters of towns, then the vast suburban outreach of Washington, DC. I had been thinking a […]
Congress Returns From Recess but the Action Remains in the States
The team at 38 North has found that, while it is important to work closely with EPA on their important carbon-related rule-makings and to keep Congress informed on a wide variety of topics and issues, much of the real action in clean energy is taking place in the states. Statehouses and utility commissions are setting policies for renewables, energy […]
The Energy Gang Podcast
Katherine Hamilton, partner and co-founder at 38 North Solutions, has been co-hosting a new podcast, The Energy Gang, with Stephen Lacey, senior editor at Greentech Media, and Jigar Shah, energy futurist and founder of SunEdison. The Gang will tape their first live podcast at Solar Focus in Washington, DC, November 12, with special guest FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff. If […]
Solar Soars in LA and Rest of Country
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has just instated the largest rooftop solar program of its kind in the U.S.—a feed-in tariff (FIT) of 17 cents per kWh. The program applies to commercial buildings and multi-family residential facilities with contracts up to 100 mW through 2016. Read more about the LADWP program here. […]
