2020 Annual Meeting Presentations

It was a fantastic meeting at the Georgetown Library at our annual event   Charlie Hemmeline with the Texas Solar Power Association gave the following presentation.

San Antonio wins SolSmart award for supportive solar program adoption

The City of San Antonio announced in May that it, and CPS Energy, San Antonio’s municipally owned utility, have been selected for national recognition for programs and practices that make it faster, easier, and cheaper to go solar. A SolSmart designation is a signal that the community is “open for solar business,” helping to attract solar […]

U.S. residential solar market down 17 percent year-over-year

In spite of strong Texas growth, GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association report that the residential solar market declined in the first quarter compared to last year. Due to a severe year-over-year 31 percent contraction in California, growth in other states could not pick up all the slack according to this May pv […]

Garland municipal utility taps into west Texas solar facility

As the latest development in the boom taking place across Texas, Southern Company announced the commissioning of the 102 MW Lamesa solar plant, according to this May pv magazine article. ERCOT had previously listed Lamesa as one of 19 solar projects with interconnection agreements and anticipates 879 MW of utility-scale solar will come online this year. […]