What We Are Reading this Week – Changing Utility Models Plus Solar Equals Comments from FERC Chair Wellinghoff

It is getting late on a Labor Day Friday but I wanted to chime in before I check out on What We Are Reading this week at 5 Lakes Energy:

Here is a great Friday blog by Advanced Energy Economy on the coming challenges to the traditional utility model as solar decreases in cost.

http://blog.aee.net/news-utilities–are-they-dinosaurs-telecoms-or-in-transition?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=10140526&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_1bB17ewITrWLps-6o0BFZGHthEPEZTqJjvDgi73oCCCNsWh-5wIZ5von8cfLavwwvPyHI59bgO0my5vGdKL8VrxXu4Q&_hsmi=10140526

SolarPermit.org hosts the National Solar Permitting Database, a free, online database of solar permitting requirements for cities and counties across the country. The newly redesigned site now contains key data for 80% of jurisdictions with 200 or more residential installations per year.

http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/solar/newsletter/archive.cfm/volume=77

And lastly, a piece by Greentech Media about FERC Chair Wellinghoff’s view that brings solar and the utility of the future together.

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/ferc-chair-wellinghoff-sees-a-solar-future-and-a-utility-of-the-future?utm_source=Daily&utm_medium=Headline&utm_campaign=GTMDaily