Comments on: 10-year 30% solar ITC back on the table in surprise Senate deal

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 21:16:47 +0000

How does the govt spending MORE money reduce inflation? Isn’t the Feds raising rates to SLOW spending and now they want to spend MORE money and mis-name it and call it ‘inflation reduction’- doesn’t make sense….

By: thomas r. boughnou

thomas r. boughnou — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 04:39:50 +0000

In reply to Mike. For the preamble

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 16:28:08 +0000

I’ve this noted as being effective in 2022, but if it’s 30% for 10 years stepping down in 2033 to 26%, then 10 years would be 2023 through 2032. If it’s retroactive for all 2022 installations, 10 years would end in 2031 and step down to 26% in 2032. Does the bill have specific language re the exact dates?

By: DANIEL ARGUELLES

DANIEL ARGUELLES — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 10:06:20 +0000

It’s 725 pages and includes “interconnections” , just doesn’t say “massive”……Doesn’t say massive solar deployment either but you get the idea…

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:24:34 +0000

In reply to Solarman. And to think a group of 30–50-year-old men created a country's constitution on a single sheet of paper. Those clowns in office now would need 10,000 pages.

By: Green Ridge Solar

Green Ridge Solar — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:15:05 +0000

This is HUGE and GREAT NEWS!!! Solar tax credits and incentives are vital for solar panel adoption. We need to continue pushing to promote and develop solar installs for residential and commercial, and especially power-hungry industries. And alongside these solar incentives should be electric vehicle incentives. EVs are a huge stop towards reducing climate change and preventing global warming. We hope this passes and continues to push the solar movement forward!

By: Solarman

Solarman — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:06:03 +0000

Still one is looking at something that may pass but what will the “final” package contain? It has been a lazy Congress practice to “birth” 2,000-3,000 page bills with gaps to insert “riders” or “spot bills”. All of this can Gerrymander monies spent to programs not particularly useful for a particular goal, (decarbonization of the grid by 2035). Massive grid infrastructure needs to be addressed and (AGGRESIVELY) addressed now and not later. One has the land available, look at the vast desert around the Nevada proving grounds to construct 1GWp or larger solar PV farms and plenty of acreage available for giga-sized energy storage facilities to grab all the sun during the day and time shift this to nightime. The missing secret ingrediant is massive transmission connection and interconnection of the grid from coast to coast and north to south. The wholesale grid needs a lot of love and a whole lot of simplification using Federal rights of ways to move power around the country.