Is Solar About to Get Screwed or Saved in California?

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🗓️ 6 September 2013

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

California is a bellwether for the solar industry, which is why a new bill being considered in the state could have wide-ranging impacts around the country. The state is currently considering a bill that would make significant changes to electricity pricing structures that could eat into the value of solar. But the industry is cautiously backing the bill because it also extends net metering policies. The end result could have equally positive and negative consequences. We'll look at the entire picture, as well as parse the true value of solar on the grid. We'll also discuss the viability and cleanliness of Bloom Energy's fuel cells, and talk about the slew of positive efficiency news in recent weeks. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features engaging discussion between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and GTM Editor Stephen Lacey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	For the energy gang podcast from Green Tech Media. media.
0:13.0	I'm Stephen Lacey, senior editor at Green Tech Media here in Washington, D.C.
0:20.0	and also here in Washington, actually today in Virginia is Energy Politico Grid Wonk and founder of 38 North Solutions, Catherine Hamilton.
0:30.0	Hey, Catherine.
0:31.0	Hi, how are you doing today?
0:32.0	Good, good.
0:33.7	Still figuring things out at the office, so working in Virginia today?
0:37.5	Absolutely, and it's the first week of school.
0:39.7	So it's a big deal here.
0:42.0	I have one kid who just started middle school. And as everybody who really ever wanted to go back to middle school knows, it's kind of a Lord of the Flies meets mean girls situation.
0:55.0	That was probably one of the worst periods of my life middle school.
0:59.0	Not bad in high school, but middle school was terrible.
1:02.0	So I can relate. and in New York energy
1:04.9	futurist and author of the upcoming book Creating Climate Wealth Jigger Shaw hey
1:09.2	jigger hey jigger hey how are you I. How about yourself? I am anxiously anticipating the first opening
1:16.9	kickoff for the NFL season. All right. And while the world turns its attention to the NFL and to even bigger issues like the chaos in Syria,
1:27.0	the energy gang will direct its attention to the chaos in solar.
1:31.0	And we've got another special guest this week to help us kick off the show.
1:35.0	Shale Khan, our vice president of GTM research. Hey Shale, welcome.
1:40.0	Hey Stephen, thanks for having me.
1:42.0	Yeah, definitely.
1:43.0	Good to have you, your first Energy Gang podcast and hopefully not your last.
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