• !! https://energyfreedomalabama.com/
    Coalition of 4 orgs: Ala Solar Ind Asso, Conservation Alabama, Southern Environmental Law Center
  • It’s time for energy freedom in Alabama
    • various stats on potential and how Ala lags other southern states
    • describes Energy Freedom action in Ala and talks about what recently passed in SC
    • author = Gregory CoxPresident of the Alabama Solar Industry Association, a non-profit industry trade group focused on growing the solar market in Alabama.
  • Energy Alabama – their Facebook page
    • “Accelerating Alabama’s transition to sustainable energy.”
    • their website
  • Alabama PUC approves Ala Power renewable energy proposal – https://alabamanewscenter.com/2015/09/01/psc-approves-renewable-energy-proposal/
  • Alabama Power solar fee challenged as ‘unjust, unlawful’ in a complaint to PSC
    • filed on behalf of home solar customers not providers, but still relevant
    • quotes:
      >   A formal complaint against Alabama Power’s rates and policies for customers with rooftop solar panels has been filed with the Alabama Public Service Commission.
      >   Attorneys for the Southern Environmental Law Center filed the complaint Thursday, alleging Alabama Power’s rates for residential solar customers are “unreasonable, unjust, discriminatory, contrary to the public interest and otherwise unlawful.”
      >    While Alabama’s distributed solar growth has been sluggish over the past five years, nearby states like Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee have seen residential customers install solar arrays by the hundreds, creating jobs in the solar installation industry
      >    A 2017 survey by the Retail Industry Leaders Association listed Alabama last among states in how easily companies could achieve clean energy goals. The Center for Biological Diversity counted Alabama as one of 10 “sunny states blocking solar energy,” in a 2016 report.
  • CommSolar_Utility_Best_Practices
    • COMMUNITY SOLAR: BEST PRACTICES FOR UTILITIES
      IN THE SOUTH – pdf from S Env Law Center
    • Author: Katie Ottenweller / Staff Attorney and Leader of Solar Initiative /
      Southern Environmental Law Center / kottenweller@selcga.org
  • Resources and stats on Alabama from the Solar Energy Industries Assoc
    • includes a click-in map of Mfgs & Installers in Alabama
    • includes a list of State Solar Policy Resources
  • Rates of Solar – can tell you for each power company how much you get dinged for installing home solar. Dixie is much better than AP.
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