October 25, 2009. South Coast Today
Jillian Lung says she's no environmentalist. Still, she couldn't pass up a chance to install a carpet of solar panels atop her co-op in Queens. "At these prices, why not?" Lung said. The government has plowed so much cash into the solar industry that it's effectively pulled the luxury tag off of home solar systems.

October 15, 2009. The Christian Science Monitor
If faced with a $700-a-month electric bill, one might be inclined to cast one’s eyes heavenward. So it wasn’t surprising that Lisa Max took a good hard look at rooftop solar panels as a possible solution to her soaring energy costs.

September 9, 2009. The Mercury News
Hoping to add "green" jobs to a beleaguered state economy, California lawmakers are poised to take up new rules dramatically increasing the amount of renewable power used in the state over the next 10 years.

September 9, 2009. Orlando Sentinel
The Florid High-Tech Corridor Council said Tuesday it has given three companies state grants totaling $400,000 to generate university-assisted research worth more than $1.6 million.

September 8, 2009. The Wall Street Journal
The solar industry has been struggling this year against weak demand, ample supply and sliding prices. Which means that for anyone thinking about putting solar panels on their roof, there probably hasn't been a better time.

September 3, 2009. The Sacramento Bee
A California company that makes solar panels will receive a $535 million federal loan guarantee, allowing it to complete the first phase of a new manufacturing plant in Fremont.

September 1, 2009. The Daily Transcript
State legislators are considering enacting a bill that has the potential to slow the adoption of solar technology in California, members of the solar industry say.

August 28, 2009. New York Times Green Inc. Blog
California regulators are taking an eBay approach to ramping-up renewable energy in the Golden State.

August 26, 2009. The New York Times
When Greg Hare looked into putting solar panels on his ranch-style home in Magnolia, Tex., last year, he decided he could not afford it. “I had no idea solar was so expensive,” he recalled. But the cost of solar panels has plunged lately, changing the economics for many homeowners.

August 26, 2009. Medill Reports
As the nation’s economic forecasters discussed the “green shoots” of growth in the U.S. fiscal landscape, a new tuft of green technology sprouted up near the shores of Lake Michigan.

August 24, 2009. The Sacramento Bee
California's electric utilities have accepted that they'll be required to get a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020. Now, they are battling environmental and labor groups over where it's going to come from.

August 23, 2009. El Paso Times
This article details at least six large-scale CSP power plants being planned and proposed in southern New Mexico and west Texas that would provide solar-generated electricity to Solar America Cities Tucson and San Antonio as well as other cities in the area.

August 17, 2009. Denver Post
New Belgium Brewery is planning its first solar panel at its Fort Collins bottling plant, and the brewer decided to go big.
The brewer says it will install a 200-kilowatt solar panel on the roof of its 50,000-square-foot packaging hall. When complete in November, the $1 million solar installation will be one of the biggest in Colorado.

August 14, 2009. Austin Business Journal
Wondering whether all that federal stimulus money is actually creating jobs so far? Just ask Rob McPherson, area manager of Standard Renewable Energy’s Central Texas office.

August 12, 2009. Arizona Daily Star
Matthew Hicok is drilling holes in a metal electrical box outside a ranch-style desert home in northwest Tucson. He could be any electrician; there's no clue that he's working with solar-generated electricity — other than the 33 blue rooftop photovoltaic panels sucking up the rays on a nearby roof.

August 12, 2009. Associated Press
Utility companies in Massachusetts can now own and operate solar energy.

August 10, 2009. Michigan Business Review
Michigan's two largest electric utilities are planning to implement photovoltaic solar installations to help them meet Michigan's new renewable energy mandates, despite the state's cloudy winter weather.

August 7, 2009. The Philadelphia Inquirer
Peco Energy Co. yesterday offered its vision of the electrical grid of the future:

In a few years, "smart" electric meters will be able to do much more than measure the power consumed in customers' homes. They will tell customers how much money they are spending on electricity in real time, and offer options for cutting costs.

August 6, 2009. Denver Post
Xcel Energy's proposal for a $180 million rate hike was the target of criticism from the public at a hearing before the Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday.

August 5, 2009. New York Times - City Room Blog
Con Edison announced on Tuesday a so-called “smart grid” pilot project in northwestern Queens — a $6 million, 18-month experiment to will test how a range of technologies can modernize electricity supply.

July 24, 2009. Daily Camera
Xcel Energy customers who power their homes with solar panels will have to pay a higher electricity bill -- even if they generate more energy than they use -- if the company's proposed rate increase is approved by Colorado.

July 24, 2009. The New England Business Bulletin
Massachusetts is pushing for the development of large scale solar power installations in the state by creating a new entity in cooperation with the state's four investor-owned electric utilities with the goal to support collaboration and drive down costs.

July 22, 2009. New York Times
Variations on the policy that jumpstarted Germany’s decade-long boom in rooftop solar systems are taking root in more cities in the United States.

July 22, 2009. New york Times
Toyota is “planting” a bunch of 18-foot-high plastic flowers in Manhattan’s Flatiron Plaza starting Thursday to promote the new third-generation Prius hybrid.

It’s more than urban beautification. Each of the five flowers in the cluster has solar cells behind its petals and at the base of the stems, and can supply power for anyone needing to charge their cellphone or portable computer. The flowers also provide a Wi-Fi network so folks can connect their laptops to the Internet for free.

June 24, 2009. Santa Fe New Mexican
PNM believes third-party project violates state law; PRC to decide.The Santa Fe City Council wants to embark on a project that will generate electricity from the sun at eight city facilities. Even though councilors voted to sign contracts to move the alternative-energy deal forward Wednesday, the plan is in limbo while state energy regulators decide how to treat it.