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Buying holiday goodies? Try one of the grocery stores powered by OnSwitch’s solar projects in this week’s Project Highlight! This portfolio of 8 projects totaling 2.2 MW...

Going to see a movie for the holidays? Try one of the theaters powered by OnSwitch’s solar projects in this week’s Project highlight! These 3 projects totaling 860 kW...

Important update for businesses in California considering solar – Prevailing Wage will increase costs for all solar projects by up to 8% starting Jan 1, 2024!. Specifically, Assembly Bill 2143, which was passed in 2022, will categorize all commercial solar projects larger than 15 kilowatts as public works projects, meaning that workers must be paid the prevailing wage, according to the type of work and location of the project. The prevailing wage rates are usually based

Great news for New Jersey businesses considering solar - the NJ Successor Solar Incentive (SuSI) has increased for commercial solar projects!

On July 28 the NJ Board of Public Utilities announced the Successor Solar Incentive (SUSI), which will officially launch August 28, bringing a close to the current TREC incentive. There is still time to secure the TREC incentive and applications must be submitted no later than August 27, 2021. Up to 41% reduction of incentive […]

The CPUC is preparing to make changes to the way solar energy is net metered by the big three investor-owned utilities (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E). This will end the current net metering rules known as NEM2 and replace them with new rules under NEM3. There is little certainty about what NEM3 will look like, what we know is that it will be less favorable to solar customers. If you are thinking about going solar, get into NEM2 now while you still can. The CPUC is evaluating more...

Grouping solar projects into larger portfolios is certainly not a new practice. After all, placing smaller projects into larger project

In early 2020, the NJ Board of Public Utilities implemented the Transition IncentiveProgram (TREC) as a bridge between the previous SREC Program and the yet to be implemented Solar Successor Program. The TREC program was designed to be temporary and indications are that it will close in summer 2021, and the NJ BPU recently released its Solar Successor Program Straw Proposal If you are thinking about going solar in NJ, there is still time to claim a highest ...

OnSwitch has partnered with Standard Solar and CBRE to develop a multi-state, multi-site solar project portfolio for Iron Mountain Incorporated®