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Game Changer in Solar Energy: PG&E Inks Deal

note, just the other day, DUK announced a pilot program whereby it will own all the solar panels that are installed on residential buildings, take all the power generated, and pay $50 a year in rent to the owner of building. The idea is that DUK will then gain the experience with running its transmission system with lot of distributed intermittent solar generation. Let's face it, the utilities are serious players, and conservative ones at that, who have to meet their RPS requirements by least cost or get dinged by their public service commissions.

Major Corporate Shift to Solar Energy and LEDs

Solar, wind and nuclear are the future...providing American's actually let the utilities build the transmission to get it delivered to end-users...so the present and near-term fuel supply of choice for generation is natural gas (up up and away). Coal (no matter how "clean" it might be) is likely to be an export to China and nations that don't care about the carbon issue.

Solar Stocks Continue to Roll

fyi, wind guys are way ahead of the solar guys on getting to the grid, I see for the near term solar as retail, wind as wholesale...but both will grow and not to forget so will demand response providers...supply is not the only story...take a look at Texas where wind went down and the grid operators used demand response (not baseload coal) to prevent a crash.