The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is asking lawmakers to include a carve-out for solar energy, if a national renewable electricity standard (RES) is approved, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Both houses of Congress are currently considering legislation that would require utilities to get a portion of their electricity from renewable sources.
The SEIA wants legislation to further require a percentage of that power to come from solar sources–as high a 25%, according to the report.
SEIA is also reportedly asking Congress to require that 20% of required renewable energy generation be set aside for distributed generation rather than large power plants.
Also, some larger solar firms want to receive a portion of revenue generated from the purchases of greenhouse gas (GHG) allowances if legislation related to a GHG program is passed.
"There are proposals on the table to invest revenues that might be generated from a cap-and-trade system or from an allocation system into renewable energy," First Solar’s Dennis Fitzgibbons recently told the WSJ. "How that might be done is a matter of interest."
Read the full report at the link below.
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