Rep. Ross’s Bill (1580) Hearing in Consumer Affairs Has Been Postponed

By Gary Lakritz on November 20, 2011

Rep. Godshall put out the following statement on tomorrow’s scheduled first hearing on the bill to save solar in PA.

“Good morning. Tomorrow has been scheduled as a voting session day beginning at 11 AM. Due to the length of time that will be required to conduct hearing on HB 1580, Chairman Godshall has decided to cancel tomorrow's hearing. The Chairman regrets that the hearing had to be canceled however, knowing that many of you will be traveling a distance to Harrisburg to participate, he felt it necessary to make a decision as early in the day as possible to prevent any unnecessary travel."

The main implication of this delay, is that it will now be impossible for the bill to be signed this year.  While it is possible that they could keep the state closing effective date Jan 1, 2012, the most likely scenario would be to delay the effective date to the day the bill is signed or June 1, 2012 which is the start of the new SREC year.

It is not too late to contact your Representative to ask for their support.  Also, if your Representative is in the Consumer Affairs Committee (see list below), please make sure to call and ask them to support the bill and push for a vote in the committee.

Below is the list of the Rs on the Consumer Affairs Committee and not signed onto the Ross bill:

Robert W. Godshall - Hatfield (215) 368-3500; Harrisburg (717) 783-6428
Warren Kampf - Paoli (610) 251-2876; Audubon (610) 631-2865; Harrisburg (717) 260-6166
Brian L. Ellis - Lyndora (724) 283-5852; Harrisburg (717) 787-7686
Rob W. Kauffman - Chambersburg (717) 264-3943; Shippensburg (717) 532-1707; Harrisburg (717) 705-2004
Sheryl M. Delozier - Camp Hill (717) 761-4665; Harrisburg (717) 783-5282
Julie Harhart - Northampton (610) 502-2701; Slatington (610) 760-9805; Harrisburg (717) 772-5398
Hon. John D. Payne - Hershey (717) 534-1323; Harrisburg (717) 787-2684
Scott Perry - Dillsburg (717) 432-0792; Harrisburg (717) 783-8783
Tina Pickett - Towanda (570) 265-3124; Harrisburg (717) 783-8238
Todd Stehens - North Wales (215) 368-5165; Harrisburg (717) 260-6163
Marcy Toepel - Red Hill (215) 679-3082; Harrisburg (717) 787-9501

If you need help finding what legislative district you, your employees, or your customers are in you can look up districts by address here.

Below is the full member list of the CONSUMER AFFAIRS COMMITTEE:
 
Majority (Room 150 MC)
 
Godshall, Robert W., Chair  (717) 783-6428
Kampf, Warren, Secretary  (717) 260-6166
Ellis, Brian L., Subcommittee Chair on Telecommunications  (717) 787-7686
Kauffman, Rob W., Subcommittee Chair on Public Utilities  (717) 705-2004
 
Delozier, Sheryl M.  (717) 783-5282
DiGirolamo, Gene  (717) 783-7319
Evans, John R.  (717) 772-9940
Farry, Frank A.  (717) 260-6140
Harhart, Julie  (717) 772-5398
Payne, John D.  (717) 787-2684
Perry, Scott  (717) 783-8783
Pickett, Tina  (717) 783-8238
Reichley, Douglas G  (717) 787-1000
Stephens, Todd  (717) 260-6163
Toepel, Marcy  (717) 787-9501
 
Minority (Room 202 IOB)
 
Preston, Joseph, Jr., Democratic Chair  (717) 783-1017
Brennan, Joseph F., Democratic Secretary  (717) 772-9902
Burns, Frank, Subcommittee Democratic Chair on Telecommunications  (717) 772-8056
DePasquale, Eugene, Subcommittee Democratic Chair on Public Utilities  (717) 787-7514
Barbin, Bryan  (717) 783-1491
Kotik, Nick  (717) 783-3780
Matzie, Robert F.  (717) 787-4444
Neuman, Brandon P.  (717) 783-4834
Parker, Cherelle L.  (717) 783-2078
White, Jesse  (717) 783-6347

And if you have another minute:

Contact your state senator and ask him/her to sponsor Senator David Argall’s version
of House bill #1580. Our goal is to have up to 25 Senators sign on and currently we are
half way there. Below shows the current list of senate co-sponsors (confirmed as of 11/11/2011).

State Senator                            County
Alloway, Richard L., II (R)           Franklin
Argall, David G. (R)                    Schuylkill
Blake, John (D)                           Lackawanna
Brewster, James (D)                   Allegheny
Corman, Jake (R)                       Perry, Centre
Costa, Jay (D)                             Allegheny
Dinniman, Andrew E. (D)            Chester
Erickson, Edwin B. (R)                Delaware
Farnese, Lawrence M., Jr. (D)    Philly, Center City
Ferlo, Jim (D)                              Allegheny
Fontana, Wayne D. (D)               Allegheny
Greenleaf, Stewart J. (R)            Montco
Leach, Daylin (D)                        Montco
Rafferty, John C., Jr. (R)             Montco
Solobay, Timothy (D)                  Washington
Stack, Michael J. (D)                  Philadelphia
Schwank, Judith (D)                   Berks
Tartaglione, Christine M. (D)      Philadelphia

Is your senator one of them? Don’t know who your state senator is? You can check here.

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Knollwood Energy Announces New Website and Blog

By Gary Lakritz on November 10, 2011

Knollwood Energy is pleased to announce the rollout of our new website and blog.  We will strive to provide the market with insight and updates on SREC and solar markets throughout the country.  Also, we will focus some blogs on our customers and how solar is helping them.

Many of our existing customers have recently been utilizing the initial functionality of our new Knollwood Energy portal.  The portal will provide our customers with information about their accounts and allow them an easy and efficient way to interact with us.  Our installer partners will also find new functionality which will make Knollwood Energy the simplest and most efficient SREC partner in the market.

Finally, we will be making announcements about our upcoming consulting and expanded financing opportunities as we continue to evolve Knollwood Energy into the single best solar financing and SREC resource in the country.

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Massachusetts SREC Program Update - October 2011

By Alane Lakritz on October 14, 2011

Karen joins the Knollwood Energy MA team

Knollwood Energy is pleased to announce that Karen Adelman will be assisting with customer relations in Massachusetts. Karen has been with Knollwood Energy for the past year covering the Pennsylvania market. She can be reached at: Karen@KnollwoodEnergy.com or direct phone number 862-432-0370.

Alane Lakritz will be focusing on business development. She is actively working on enhancing Knollwood Energy's financial product offerings in Massachusetts.  Stay tuned for information in the near future on this. She will also be responsible for expanding our market territory in existing SREC states and new states as SREC programs becomes available. Alane is always available to speak with customers, prospects and installers to answer specific questions on Knollwood Energy, the MA SREC program, or about the SREC market in general. She can be reached at Alane@KnollwoodEnergy.com or direct phone number 862-432-0259.

Q2 Minting

Knollwood Energy sold all Q2 credits for $539. Our customers will receive payment by the first week of November. If you are not an existing customer but would like to sell your credits to Knollwood, please contact us, we will be happy to assist.

Q3 SREC Deadline

MA DOER and MassCEC are tightening up the deadlines to submit paperwork. The deadline to submit paperwork for systems interconnected in the third quarter is November 15th. Please email Karen@KnollwoodEnergy.comimmediately if you have a system that interconnected prior to October 1, 2011 and is not set up for SRECs yet. If paperwork is submitted after this deadline, all production prior to October 1, 2011 will be lost.

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Mass SREC Update - August 2010

By Alane Lakritz on August 13, 2010

First Credits Minted

On July 15, 2010 Massachusetts minted a total of 7 credits under the new solar carve-out SREC program.  These credits were generated from solar photovoltaic facilities that were registered and produced at least 1 mwh of production between January - March, 2010.  Obviously, this is an extremely low number.  It could be due to a couple of factors; facilities that were eligible were not registered and/or systems that were completed during the first quarter were actually started in 2009 under the previous program.

Next MA SREC Minting

The next credits will be minted on October 15th.  These credits will be for production ending June 30, 2010.  If you had a solar installation that started producing anytime between January - June 2010, it is very important that you contact us ASAP.  Knollwood Energy will take care of all the paperwork required to get the facility registered with the MA DOER.  We also monitor the facility on the MA Clean Energy Center so, if the system produced at least 1mwh by June 30, 2010, and we can get the system registered in time, we will pay immediately for all Massachusetts SRECs after they are minted - no need to wait for an auction to occur.

Systems that are completed between July - September, 2010 will be minted January 15, 2011.  Does this mean you should wait?  Absolutely not, we are registering new facilities daily.  There is currently no registration backlog with the state. We submit the paperwork and it gets promptly registered. 

MA SREC PRICING

Knollwood Energy anticipates that there will not be enough supply to meet the SREC compliance demand for the 2010 reporting year.  We are paying our customers over $500 per SREC.  We work with residential and commercial facilities of all sizes.  The more facilities we have early on as part of our aggregation, the better positioned we are to negotiate with the utilities, which in turn means better pricing per SREC.

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