COLORADO-Today the Colorado Nation Utilities Ruling body (PUC) dismissed an remove submitted by the Planetary Handle Industries Combination(R) (SEIA(R)) and the Colorado Planetary Handle Industries Combination (COSEIA) just about Xcel Energy's renewable energy compliance plan. The remove included two requested changes to Xcel's 2012-2013 Traditional values Put together that would peculiar higher the business endure for Colorado solar businesses, which employ aristocratic than 6,000 citizens in the state. Carrie Cullen Hitt, Ill-health First in command of Grant Affairs at SEIA(R) and Neal Lurie, Managerial Handbook of COSEIA, issued the after declaration.
Carrie Cullen Hitt noted that: "To the same extent the 2004 conduct of Transform 37, Colorado has enjoyed a dynamic solar energy market spurring roughly 1 billion in clean tech investment, deploying 200 megawatts of solar, and creating thousands of countenance jobs at aristocratic than 400 Colorado companies."
"Despondently, today's PUC sentence to scale verification incentives and specialization the delivery of experienced solar installations sends a unsettling forward to Colorado solar businesses that the state's taste to see solar companies and investments is deteriorating. Beside thousands of jobs at advertise, it was urgent that policymakers reconfirm their devotion to constitution a heroic solar industry and we are distress that this was not the clarity sent by the Ruling body," Hitt invented.
"At the self-same get older, the mouth-watering big shot of Xcel's solar program indicates that Coloradans necessitate to get aristocratic of their electricity from solar. The PUC's sentence to specialization the complete solar megawatts procured by Xcel impulse in whirl specialization installations on ratepayer's homes and businesses. This blunt contradicts what the population is indicative of them and ensures that ratepayers impulse not peculiar catch to a solar program for a worthy delivery of months in 2012 and 2013," she additional.
Neal Lurie stated that "Disposed the economic and environmental benefits solar offers to the state, we are surprised that the PUC in a flash dismissed our implementation. Our suggestions would peculiar been in a relaxed manner implemented, with microscopic to no ratepayer impact, and would peculiar higher the business endure for the Colorado solar industry, equally as a consequence provision a above chance for Coloradans to go solar. It was a 'win-win' counsel for Colorado, and we are confused by the PUC's sentence to reject our provoke."
"Colorado has invested so far-off in increasing a solar energy industry, and in increase the state has standard violent benefits in conditions of good countenance jobs, cleaner air, and of direction aristocratic and aristocratic Coloradoans are able to catch a path to energy popular. It is a embarrass that the PUC appears to be veering off direction from this devotion with their sentence at the present time," additional Lurie.
"Pronounce SEIA(R):"
Club in 1974, the Planetary Handle Industries Combination(R) is the at home appointment association of the U.S. solar energy industry. Depressed advocacy and education, SEIA is dynamic to manufacture a overwhelming solar industry to power America. As the tell of the industry, SEIA place in the ground with its 1,000 feeler companies to make solar a mainstream and worthy energy source by expanding markets, removing market barriers, amplification the industry and educating the population on the benefits of solar energy. www.seia.org.
"Pronounce COSEIA:"
Club in 1989, Colorado Planetary Handle Industries Combination (COSEIA) is the appreciated nonprofit association chief Colorado's solar industry. Our fee is to helium balloon solar markets and to generate jobs and splendor for the citizens of Colorado. Connected with hundreds of solar business members we organization to advancement solar policy, seize market barriers, trace promising trends, and set in motion solar outreach & education.
Background Riches
Colorado Grant Planetary String
SEIA and COSEIA's Ask for for Rehearing
MEDIA Contacts
Monique Hanis, 202.556.2885, mhanis@seia.org
Susan DeVico, 510.339.1527, SusanDV@aol.com
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