Everything Solar Forum

"According to the Environment America Research and Policy Center, from 2013 to 2023, Pennsylvania ranked 49th for renewable energy growth as a whole, lagging behind only Alaska. The reason for this is simple - Pennsylvania's outdated Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS).

If Pennsylvania doesn't update this outdated standard fast, the state risks being left in the dust as the country moves into a clean energy future.

Back in 2004, Pennsylvania was relatively forward-thinking when it came to renewable energy targets. In the early 2000s, there were a handful of states that passed portfolio standards mandating that a certain percentage of their power come from sources other than power plants. In most states, these are named Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS); the first RPS was passed in Iowa in 1983.

Pay attention, because this is where it turns into a cleverly worded misdirection trick. By the time Pennsylvania finished passing its standard in 2004, it came out of the state legislature named the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS), not the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard. This opened the door for many nonrenewable sources to be included in the portfolio."

Read this article by Aaron Nichols, climate tech copywriter at Exact Solar and member of ASES... 

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Kat Friedrich
Editor in Chief
American Solar Energy Society
Monona WI
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LOL... Someone noticed this did they....

You can sum this up in four words and two phrases.

Natural Gas

and

Marcellus Shale.

They have been trying to update the AEPS for decades. The Dems introduce legislation for a modest uptick in solar, etc.. and it sits in committee because the Repub controlled house won't move it. It dies there until the next election cycle, where the Merry-go-round starts all over again, to repeat itself. It's PA's own little groundhog day, lasting 4 years.

AS to the unusual design of the AEPS, it goes back to the same four words being "alive" during its construction.

The current SREC tier I pricing is $35 here. I just sold 20 SREC's for that, minus fees.. Jersey and Washington DC are $195.00 and $430.00 respectively. I salivate.

The FFI is alive and well in PA, along with the RED party and its backward thinking...

Nothing substantial will happen until you smash the FFI lobbying interests here...

The Below signage is what you see all over on lawns here (Usually smaller), etc... Dem promos are basically non-existent in Redville. Goes to state of mind.

Good Luck...

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william fitch
Owner
www.WeAreSolar.com
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