The Washington State legislature is well underway on 2020's “short” session in Olympia. Add your voice to keep 2020’s solar opportunities moving: Solar Panel Recycling (SHB 2465, SSB 6622) prepares Washington for national leadership, thanks to bipartisan collaboration by Rep. Smith, Rept. Shewmake, Sen. Das, Sen....
The federal investment tax credit for solar has been one the most successful energy policies in American history. And now, Congress is making progress on bipartisan legislation to extend for 5 years this job-creating powerhouse. Let’s bring it home. Tell our Congressional delegation to support solar. It's easy: just text “DefendTheITC” to...
More fantastic news: On Tuesday, May 7, Governor Inslee signed the groundbreaking 100% Clean Electricity Act into law, along with hundreds of enthusiastic supporters. Maybe you were there too? Thanks to so many smart and dedicated local stakeholders who helped bring this bill over the finish...
Fantastic news: on Tuesday, April 30th, Governor Inslee signed our Solar Fairness Act into law. Key stakeholders from the solar industry were there, solar modules in hand, to continue promoting solar. By updating Washington’s net metering law, the Solar Fairness Act will allow thousands more...
Thanks to the hard work of many solar supporters across the entire state, legislators in Olympia passed the Solar Fairness Act earlier this week to mark Earth Day. It also passed other precedent-setting climate and clean energy bills. The solar industry is hopeful that Governor...
Late last week the Solar Fairness Act (E2SSB 5223) successfully passed off the Washington State House floor by a margin of 15 votes, with 55 in support of the bill. This took place after the bill had been reviewed and passed out of the House...
Solar Installers of Washington endorses Washington Ballot Initiative 1631, the Protect Washington Act. If passed in November, the Act would reduce pollution by investing in clean air, clean energy, such as wind and solar, clean water, healthy forests, and healthy communities. Investments would be funded...
With the passage of Resolution No.1755 on March 27th, 2018, Klickitat Public Utility District (PUD) became the latest utility in Washington to penalize net metered solar customers by discounting the clean energy they generate. This resolution, which unfairly targets both existing and future solar customers,...
This week the Trump Administration announced a four-year tariff program on imported solar cells and modules (solar panels), declaring an intention to provide relief for U.S. manufacturers against what they perceive as unfair trade practices. Based on a petition from manufacturers Suniva and SolarWorld Americas...
Washington’s solar industry remains strong in the face of this week’s federal announcement to impose tariffs on imported solar cells and modules. Our state benefits from a diversified and integrated solar industry that provides jobs in installation, manufacturing, distribution, engineering, marketing, sales, finance, software development,...