Clean Power Plan Archives

Innovation in Response to Solar Demand

By Francis Hodsoll|2025-06-18T14:12:18-04:00May 30th, 2016|Industry|

After Supreme Court’s Stay on The Clean Power Plan Last week SolUnesco presented on a panel at Solar Power Southeast in Atlanta, Georgia (Click here to download presentation). The panel focused on the trajectory for solar after the Supreme Court’s Stay on the Clean Power Plan (CPP) including the legal merits of the suit, and the impact on the economics, policy, and market trends. Does the Supreme Court’s Stay mean a slower pace for the development of renewables going forward?

UVA Professor Finds Numerous Efforts with and Reverses the Findings of a Report Critical of EPA’s Clean Power Plan

By SolUMarketing|2025-06-18T11:10:35-04:00July 30th, 2015|Company Update|

Last week, UVA Professor William Shobe, Ph.D. released a report that assessed the methodologies, assumptions and conclusions in a report critical of the Clean Power Plan. Virginia’s Center for Coal and Energy Research (CCER) produced a report as part of the Governor’s Energy Plan that concluded that a large amount of money would be needed to change the energy infrastructure in Virginia to comply with the Clean Power Plan, and the consequences of this change would be negative. In his

HODSOLL: Cut carbon to boost Virginia’s economy

By SolUMarketing|2025-06-23T11:49:24-04:00April 15th, 2015|Policy, Virginia Solar|

This summer, we expect a final Clean Power Plan rule, the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s requirement that states reduce carbon pollution from electricity generation. The big question for Virginia: Is the regulation an anchor or an opportunity? A growing chorus of businesses sees economic opportunity for the commonwealth: a chance to foster long-term growth and drive prudent energy diversification. Yesterday, in advance of Governor McAuliffe’s meeting with the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, the Virginian-Pilot published an op-ed by VAEIC board president, Francis Hodsoll.