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1 month ago

State-run EESL plans to sell its 49% stake in IntelliSmart

State-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd plans to sell its 49% stake in IntelliSmart Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd, its joint venture with National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Ltd for smart metering and digital solutions, two people aware of the development said. IntelliSmart is in the process of replacing 27.6 million of India's 250 million conventional meters with smart meters, in the world’s …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Federal control board sues Puerto Rico’s governor over net metering law

Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances filed a lawsuit Friday challenging amendments to the island’s net metering law, which compensates solar-equipped households for their contributions to the grid, triggering a backlash. The lawsuit noted that the net metering terms would affect demand for the power company’s service, “as higher net metering rates will …

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1 year ago

Column: How I learned to stop worrying and love rooftop solar

LA Times

As global leaders celebrated a hard-fought agreement to triple the world’s renewable energy production and transition away from fossil fuels, an attorney for the state of California was in a San Francisco courtroom Wednesday, defending a decision by appointees of Gov. I don’t buy the argument made by some rooftop solar advocates that those net metering critics — and academic …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Net metering for govt, non-govt offices, schools on card in U.P.

Hindustan Times

Now, government and non-government buildings, institutes, schools, colleges etc may all also soon avail of the net metering facility in Uttar Pradesh with the state government pushing the usage of solar power in the state. Net metering is a billing arrangement for consumers connected to grid and also using solar panels to generate solar power. “The commission will soon amend …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Genus Power shares locked in 5% upper circuit on ₹3,115 crore order win

Live Mint

Genus Power Infrastructure share price was locked in 5% upper circuit on Tuesday's trading session after the company bagged order worth ₹3,115.01 crore for smart prepaid meters. In its exchange filing, the company stated that its wholly-owned subsidiary had received two letters of awards totalling ₹3,115.01 crore for the appointment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure Service Providers, including the design of …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Genus Power share price locked in 5% upper circuit; here’s why

Live Mint

Genus Power stock news: Genus Power shares were locked in 5% upper circuit on Friday's session after the company's arm bagged order worth ₹2,247.37 crore for the supply of smart meters. Due to the positive results of the "Reforms-Based, Result-Linked Power Distribution Sector Scheme," numerous State Electricity Boards have started the bidding process to purchase smart metres, the company said …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Shandong to build national carbon metering center

China Daily

An offshore electric power platform in Dongying, Shandong province. Approved by the State Administration for Market Regulation, Shandong will build a national carbon metering center, stated local officials. This will be the third national carbon metering center in the country, after the centers in Inner Mongolia autonomous region and Guangdong province. The national carbon metering center in Shandong province will …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Energy company Vandebron charge customers with solar panels around €20 extra

NL Times

Energy company Vandebron will impose an extra charge of 10 to 20 euros per month, on average, on customers with solar panels. “We do this because it is fair that people with solar panels pay more for the costs of the growing number of panels in the Netherlands,” financial director Kim Verdouw of Vandebron told the Volkskrant. “But I want …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Boost to Make in India: IGL-Genesis to set up India's first integrated smart metering plant

India TV News

The use of smart meters in the country is becoming popular with the government pushing for its widespread adoption. Indraprastha Gas, a leading gas distribution company in India, has hogged limelight with the several state governments awarding contracts for installation of smart meters. Genesis Gas Solutions, the subsidiary of ONGC's Vikas Lifecare, has entered into joint venture with IGL to …

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1 year, 6 months ago

‘UPPCL compensating user for excess solar power production’

Hindustan Times

Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd on Sunday said it was providing the facility of net metering and net billing to solar power consumers to promote green energy in the state. Photographer: Vivek Prakash/Bloomberg “Net metering is available for domestic and agriculture consumers while net billing can be availed by any consumer using solar power,” UPPCL chairman M Devraj said. He …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Switching on India’s smart electricity future

The Hindu

Imagine a future where your electricity meter becomes your adviser on all things electricity. For instance, half the users were not using the smart meter mobile app, and many were unable to access detailed electricity bills, leaving them doubtful about their bill computation and deductions. How actors can step up As India marches towards its vision of a financially sound …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Two weeks until California slashes rooftop solar incentives

LA Times

This story originally published in Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment. It’s been nearly a decade since California lawmakers ordered the state’s Public Utilities Commission to revamp a rooftop solar incentive program called net metering. Gavin Newsom’s appointees on the Public Utilities Commission, who said one of their goals in lowering incentive payments for standalone …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Boost to Make In India: IGL, Vikas Lifecare sign Rs 110 crore joint venture to set up smart meter plant

India TV News

Boost to Make in India: Genesis, Gas Solutions, a subsidiary of Vikas Lifecare, has signed a pact with Indraprastha Gas to set up an integrated smart meter manufacturing plant for Rs 110 crore. According to an exchange filing, it will be India's first Integrated State-of-the-Art Smart Meter Manufacturing Plant to manufacture Diaphragm Gas Meters equipped with the latest technologies. Vikas …

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1 year, 10 months ago

PE firm I Squared Capital invests $100 mn in Gram Power for a controlling stake

Live Mint

Global private equity firm I Squared Capital on Tuesday announced that it has invested $100 million in smart metering firm Gram Power Pvt. According to Yashraj Khaitan, co-founder and chief executive of Gram Power, this is I Squared Capital’s first investment in the smart metering space in India while it has, so far, invested about $1.7 billion in India’s infrastructure …

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2 years ago

California just slashed rooftop solar incentives. What happens next?

LA Times

California sharply reduced incentive payments for rooftop solar power Thursday, taking a sledgehammer to a program that helped 1.5 million homes and businesses put solar panels on their roofs and made the state a leader in fighting the climate crisis. Solar installers and clean energy activists call that argument flawed, saying the technology’s benefits — including less air pollution in …

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2 years, 1 month ago

California pushes a new plan to cut rooftop solar incentives

LA Times

California is poised to reduce payments to homes and businesses that go solar for clean electricity they supply to the power grid — a landmark shift in how the state promotes a crucial technology for fighting climate change. In a written statement, the Affordable Clean Energy for All campaign — which is funded by the three monopoly utilities — said …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Installation of rooftop solar panels goes up in Coimbatore

The Hindu

Installation of rooftop solar panels in residential units is on the rise in Coimbatore, with increasing awareness. K. Kasthurirangaian, a resident of Coimbatore, said he installed solar water heaters two decades ago and went in for three kilowatt solar energy rooftop panels four years ago. Since the government introduced net metering, rooftop solar energy panels can meet the entire electricity …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Is California doing enough on climate? We asked the new CPUC chief

LA Times

This is the March 17, 2022, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. I know you can’t say a lot about rooftop solar incentives, since the net metering incentive program is the subject of an active commission proceeding. ME: One area where California has lagged behind other states …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Amid climate crisis, California city might build a gas plant

LA Times

This is the Jan. 27, 2022, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Surely by the time replacement power was needed, activists reasoned, the city would have enough low-cost clean energy options that new planet-warming gas engines wouldn’t be needed. Glendale isn’t just investing in gas: Officials plan …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Should California slash solar incentives? We took a survey

LA Times

Yajaira Villanueva of Temecula, an employee of the solar company Freedom Forever, attends the “Save Our Solar Jobs” rally at Grand Park in Los Angeles on Jan. 13. When California gets it wrong, others will get it wrong, too.” Nicole H.: “I invested $40,000 to do the responsible thing, and I’m providing excess solar energy to my neighbors! If they …

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3 years ago

Why India's rooftop solar installation initiative is yet to see the light of success

Firstpost

India aimed to install 40GW of rooftop solar power by 2022. However, the nation has installed just 6GW till the end of October 2021 In 2017, India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy decided to install 40GW of rooftop solar power by 2022. Under the gross metering scheme, state power distribution companies compensate consumers with a fixed feed-in-tariff for the …

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3 years ago

California's plan to cut rooftop solar incentives, explained

LA Times

This is the Dec. 16, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Instead, it fully endorses the “cost shift” argument made by utility companies and others — that net metering leads to higher electricity rates for Californians who can’t afford solar. Utility industry In a written statement, …

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3 years ago

California proposes big changes to rooftop solar incentives

LA Times

California officials want to slash payments for rooftop solar power, saying the changes would help the state achieve 100% clean energy while keeping the lights on, preventing electricity rates from rising and encouraging people to install batteries. Walker Wright, vice president of public policy at San Francisco-based Sunrun, the nation’s largest rooftop solar installer, was similarly displeased, saying in a …

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3 years, 1 month ago

The future of rooftop solar is up for grabs in California

LA Times

Nick Criscito, left, and Avril Engelhart join dozens of others at a Nov. 1 protest organized by the Solar Rights Alliance outside a Southern California Edison office in Long Beach. Gavin Newsom’s appointees on the California Public Utilities Commission to reduce the electric bill credits homes receive when they sign up for net metering, the incentive program that has fueled …

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State-run EESL plans to sell its 49% stake in IntelliSmart

Federal control board sues Puerto Rico’s governor over net metering law

Column: How I learned to stop worrying and love rooftop solar

Net metering for govt, non-govt offices, schools on card in U.P.

Genus Power shares locked in 5% upper circuit on ₹3,115 crore order win

Genus Power share price locked in 5% upper circuit; here’s why

Shandong to build national carbon metering center

Energy company Vandebron charge customers with solar panels around €20 extra

Boost to Make in India: IGL-Genesis to set up India's first integrated smart metering plant

‘UPPCL compensating user for excess solar power production’

Switching on India’s smart electricity future

Two weeks until California slashes rooftop solar incentives

Boost to Make In India: IGL, Vikas Lifecare sign Rs 110 crore joint venture to set up smart meter plant

PE firm I Squared Capital invests $100 mn in Gram Power for a controlling stake

California just slashed rooftop solar incentives. What happens next?

California pushes a new plan to cut rooftop solar incentives

Installation of rooftop solar panels goes up in Coimbatore

Is California doing enough on climate? We asked the new CPUC chief

Amid climate crisis, California city might build a gas plant

Should California slash solar incentives? We took a survey

Why India's rooftop solar installation initiative is yet to see the light of success

California's plan to cut rooftop solar incentives, explained

California proposes big changes to rooftop solar incentives

The future of rooftop solar is up for grabs in California