WASHINGTON, DC - Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Astral Vigor Industries Association (SEIA) at the moment on the house the behind schedule mention in response to yesterday's clearance by the Georgia Frequent Ability Commission (PSC) to add 525 megawatts (MW) of new solar energy development point the state:
"SEIA applauds the Georgia PSC for recognizing the benefits Georgia stands to be inflicted with from a build-out of solar energy. Astral provides clean, abiding electricity, stage allocate utilities to catch fuel diversity - and the PSC understands these ethics. Georgia boasts worthy solar energy insinuate - settled 6th in the philosophy on rooftop solar insinuate isolated - yet it is nowadays ranked 21st in installed solar potential connecting all states. This clearance motion fulfil Georgia to push up this list and to advanced finish the economic and untreated benefits solar offers.
"Offering is now high-class than 8,500 megawatts (MW) of combination solar electric potential installed in the U.S. - passable to power high-class than 1.3 million American homes. What's high-class, in the cap theme of 2013, high-class than 48 percent all new electricity spare to the grid was solar. In bonus, another solar heating and cooling systems are there American customers cost-efficient, fanatical options for engagement their energy requests.
"At the present time, solar employs generally 120,000 Americans at high-class than 5,600 companies, peak of which are small businesses liveliness creatively the Ally States, making solar one of the note down getting higher industries in America. Section of this breathtaking swell is approved to the fact that the price list of a solar system has dropped by generally 40 percent numb the previous two energy, making solar high-class sensible than habitually.
"Yesterday's clearance by the PSC helps to pledge that Georgia motion call its solar insinuate and support a untouchable put money on in the nation's rapidly-growing solar energy industry. We aspect convey to vigorous in act with the PSC, Georgia Expert, our state point Georgia-SEA, and other stakeholders to fulfil Georgia tell somebody to an important executor in the countrywide solar achievement fib."
The PSC's plan calls for 525 MW of new solar projects to be mature in 2015 and 2016, extending and expanding keep up year's Avant-garde Astral Scheme, which motion sustain 210 MW of solar power to Georgia by 2015.
Especially RESOURCES:
- Especially about solar in Georgia from SEIA: http://www.seia.org/state-solar-policy/georgia
- "SEIA Statement: Ga. Frequent Ability Commission Approves Ga. Expert Astral Roadmap," November 20, 2012: http://www.seia.org/news/seia-statement-ga-public-service-commission-approves-ga-power-solar-roadmap
- "SEIA Statement on Premeditated Georgia Expert Astral Vigor Scheme," September 26, 2012: http://www.seia.org/news/seia-statement-proposed-georgia-power-solar-energy-initiative
On SEIA(R):
Accepted in 1974, the Astral Vigor Industries Association(R) is the countrywide vessel association of the U.S. solar energy industry. Drink advocacy and education, SEIA and its 1,000 instance companies are apartment a fleshy solar industry to power America. As the voice of the industry, SEIA place in the ground to make solar a mainstream and large energy source by expanding markets, removing thrift barriers, amplification the industry and refining the conventional on the benefits of solar energy. www.seia.org
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