SolarCity VP sympathizes with SRP customers; casts doubt on utility’s reasoning

David Arfin, vice president of customer financing for SolarCity, the largest installer of solar power units in Arizona and California, told the Sun today that the Phoenix-based utility SRP’s claim to have reduced incentives for solar systems partly because of “falling solar prices” fails to take into account normal seasonal fluctuations.
“It is true gross cost… »

Peter Green on attracting solar jobs

The thing is said; the thing is done.
Miles Drentell

No sooner had I broadcast news of the video’s imminent arrival, then YouTube let me know it was ready for pick-up. So here it is: Part 1 of 3, straight from the Wednesday Solar Summit here in the Valley of the Sun.
(Shout out to Greentech Media for… »

Next up: Crunch time for Arizona solar

Solar power may be the gift that lasts forever (in human scale, anyway), but states wanting to attract solar manufacturers have just five years.
That’s what Peter Green, CEO of Advent Solar, told a gathering of industry leaders today in Phoenix.
Not everyone agrees.
“I think it’s more like three years,” said SolarCity chief Lyndon Rive.
Talking with some… »