The Pennsylvania Solar Center hosts an August 18 Renewable Energy Policy Webinar - Time To Take Action-- from 12:30 to 1:30. p.m.

With a little over a month of summer left, Pennsylvania’s legislators will soon be returning to Harrisburg for the fall session. Their agendas are filling up fast, and we need you to keep the sun shining bright on Pennsylvania solar policy!

Join the Pennsylvania Solar Center for a free action-oriented webinar that will offer tools, resources and activities that everyone can use to build support to pass this important clean energy bill. 

We’ll be joined by Rep. Danielle Friel Otten, the prime sponsor of House Bill 1467, which would increase Pennsylvania’s renewable goals to 30% by 2030, enhance the solar carveout to 14% in-state solar, enable community solar, and expand opportunities for all solar markets.

We’ll also have staff from the Pennsylvania Solar Center provide information and tools for how to get involved.

Matt Mahoney, Director of Government Affairs, will provide an overview of the legislation; Sharon Pillar, Executive Director, will offer tips and tricks on writing a letter to the editor and contacting your legislator, and Amelia Eggan, Program Manager, will provide an overview of our PA SolarCorps and how you can participate to help map solar potential of communities!

Click Here to register or for more information on the program.

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NewsClips This Week - Clean Energy:

-- Beaver County Times: Solar Innovation Is Coming To Beaver County - By Daniel Rossi-Keen

-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Township Drafts Solar Array Ordinance

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Is Investing In Wind Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Commits To Purchasing More Wind Energy

-- TribLive: Sustainable Pittsburgh Selected For Clean Energy Workforce Initiative

-- Duquesne Light Company: A Clean Energy Future Starts With A Skilled Workforce

-- The Guardian: They Got Jobs In Solar Industry, But The Reality Was Less Sunny Than They Expected

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Participation In RGGI Has Been Held Up For More Than A Year, What Has The State Lost?

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: By Stalling On RGGI, Here’s What Pennsylvania Residents Are Missing - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council

-- The Allegheny Front: New Book Looks To Climate Resilience To Ensure No One Gets Left Behind

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change?  Part I: Start At Home

-- Inquirer: Philly To Replace Every Street Light [130,000] With LED Lights Over Next 2 Years

-- WHYY: Philly Starts Replacing Its Street Lights With More Efficient LEDs

-- TribLive: Hardware, Electrical Stores Adapt To Federal Ban On Selling Incandescent Light Bulbs

-- WHYY: PA’s Whole-Home Repairs Money In Limbo Despite Shapiro’s Budget Signature

-- City & State PA: Whole-Home Repairs Program Is Remaking The Housing Landscape

-- Utility Dive: PJM, MISO, Other Grid Operators Warn Of ‘Significant Power Shortages’ From Epa’s Power Plant Carbon Rule

-- Utility Dive: Constellation Energy CEO ‘Disappointed’ To See Peers Opposing EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rule

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CONSOL Shifts Coal Business To Exports As Domestic Power Plant Business Declines

-- TribLive Guest Essay: As Climate Change Becomes Harder To Ignore, Proposed EPA Power Plant Standards Give Hope - PennEnvironment

-- Warren Times: 4 Factors Driving 2023’s Extreme Heat And Climate Disasters

-- Bloomberg: Texas Electric Grid Holds Up - Hottest Days Cannot Be Met By Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear Alone, Renewables Have Kept Comfortable Buffer In Place

Related Articles This Week - Clean Energy:

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Bipartisan Poll Finds Broad Support In PA For Clean Energy Transition  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Aug. 18 PA Renewable Energy Policy Webinar - Time To Take Action  [PaEN]

-- On Demand: ReImagine Appalachia, Partners: Solar-Powered Faith Communities And Houses Of Worship, Saving Money And Ethical Labor  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority To Buy More Wind Energy From Western PA Energy Consortium  [PaEN]

-- PA League Of Women Voters, Food & Water Watch Launch Letter-Writing Campaign Opposing Hydrogen Hubs In PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Aug. 16 Webinar: Why Should We Care About, Advocate For A Climate-Friendly Federal Farm Bill?  [PaEN]

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Over 51,000 Christians Call For Stronger Standards On Fossil Fuel Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection, Other Grid Operators Express Concerns Proposed EPA Power Plant Rule Will Accelerate Retirements Of Fossil Fuel Plants Without Reliable Renewable, Storage Technologies To Replace Them  [PaEN]

[Posted: August 11, 2023]

8/14/2023