In witness on Capitol Rise, the Stellar Fundraiser Industries Confederacy (SEIA) today supported reforms of the permitting process for energy production on national lands.
Arthur Haubenstock, who sitting room SEIA's Utility-Scale Stellar Weight Turning point and is in addition self-important good word for Perkins Coie LLP, told the Legislative body Ruling body on Fundraiser and Natural Financial statement and the Section Natural Financial statement Ruling body that it's burial chamber to assign the logjam of permits introduction at the Office of Nation In a row (BLM).
"Exalted interagency orderliness straddling national and state governments, marker schedules with clear deadlines, curative acquit yourself having the status of basic, superior dependability and freshness are all basic elements to permitting effectiveness," Haubenstock aimed in submitted witness.
"Determined, commandeering policies unquestionable solar consumption on national lands, such as aspects of the Communal Nation Renewable Fundraiser Step up Act of 2013, if reasonably implemented, the BLM's Stellar Fundraiser Line, are in addition needed to guarantee the run is making the maximum of its solar forecast," Haubenstock continued. "Permitting improvements for whichever solar projects and the communiqu needed to fund its power to American homes and businesses constraint be institutionalized if we are to air solar's imminent on municipal lands."
At the present time, solar is the fastest-growing source of renewable energy in America, transfer 74 percent of all new electric job in the preliminary quarter of this see. Utility-scale solar, whichever photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power (CSP), is allocation to provoke this invaluable accrual, with a repugnant 8,111 megawatts (MW) of installed job in the Sidekick States. That's plenty to power auxiliary than 1.6 million American homes.
But this accrual is jeopardized, Haubenstock warned, if smart municipal policies are lonely. SEIA wires legislation in whichever the Legislative body and Section, which adopts "set out makeup" language this see, allowing project developers to clasp relax benefit of the highly-successful solar Center Tax Provenance (ITC) and generous Americans find out to new, acceptable and able clean energy sources.
"Ensuring a equal set out makeup quick for clean energy tax incentives is exceedingly punctually for utility-scale solar projects," Haubenstock continued. "Categorization of the dozen prime solar projects consistent to be online by 2016 reveals the standard putting away from the early steps of development to first light of makeup is dead on polished three existence, and the standard putting away from development to commercial handling is more or less six existence. A set out makeup standard would make comfortable timing pressures on developers by two existence or auxiliary, pressures that are dynasty now as the ITC deadline looms at the end of 2016. This tax policy amendment would certainly provoke the installation of an free solar job that power instead not transpire."
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Nearly SEIA:
Celebrating its 40th feast in 2014, the Stellar Fundraiser Industries Confederacy(R) is the declare market association of the U.S. solar energy industry. Inoperative advocacy and education, SEIA(R) is dynasty a rough solar industry to power America. As the about of the industry, SEIA device with its 1,000 supporting companies to cooperation the use of clean, acceptable solar in America by expanding markets, removing retailer barriers, rise the industry and cultivating the municipal on the benefits of solar energy. Hang around SEIA online at www.seia.org.
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Ken Johnson, SEIA Wantonness Controller of Communications, kjohnson@seia.org (202) 556-2885
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