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Santa Clara County will soon have a large solar energy system that would generate 50MW of solar energy, that can power 36,000 homes annually.

First large-scale solar energy and storage system to be built on Peninsula

Santa Clara County will soon have a large solar energy system in its own backyard.

VCI Energy, a newcomer to the renewable energy industry, will develop the first large-scale solar energy and storage infrastructure in the county.

Silicon Valley Clean Energy, a public agency that provides clean electricity to homes and businesses throughout Santa Clara County, will purchase the renewable energy generated from the new system – a decision the agency’s Board of Directors approved during its meeting in October.

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Source: Palo Alto Online

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Rep. Boylan drafted a bill that requires all new single-family homes in RI & new outdoor parking lots larger than 16,000sq ft to install solar

Rhode Island lawmaker wants to require solar on new homes and parking lots

A freshman lawmaker in Rhode Island has opened a provocative discussion: why not mandate solar panels on most new construction?

Rep. Jennifer Boylan, a Democrat who has solar panels on her home in Barrington, said she sees every instance in which a new building goes up without solar panels as “a missed opportunity.”

So she drafted a bill that would require all new single-family dwellings in the state to have a solar energy system large enough to meet at least 80% of the dwelling’s estimated annual average electricity use. The mandate would also apply to multifamily dwellings and commercial buildings up to 10 stories high.

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Source: Energy News

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Over the weekend, Newsom signed Senate Bill 1340 into law, which extends the tax exclusion for installing a new active solar energy system.

California extends sunset on property tax exclusion for active solar energy systems

A new California law extends the sunset on an existing property tax exclusion for newly constructed active solar energy systems by two years, a measure that Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged has a “direct impact” on property tax revenues for local governments.

Over the weekend, Newsom signed Senate Bill 1340 into law, which extends the tax exclusion for installing a new active solar energy system. Under current law, installing a solar energy system does not result in an “increase or decrease in the assessment of the existing property, unlike other physical additions,” according to a bill analysis.

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Source: The Center Square

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