The solar investment tax credit (ITC) is going away. The deadline to safe-harbor a solar project and secure a four-year window to complete the project and receive the ITC was July 4, 2026. For projects that start construction after July 4, they must be placed into...
Behind the Meter
The Solar Cost Decline and the Commercial Sweet Spot
Jun 25, 2026
Solar photovoltaic costs have fallen by a factor of more than 10,000 since the first commercial cells were placed on a Navy satellite in the 1950s. Greg Nemet, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs and author of How...
How Lithia & Driveway Approaches Energy Efficiency and Solar Across 450 Dealerships
May 12, 2026
Lithia Motors runs more than 450 business units across three countries. It's the largest automotive retailer in the United States. And like every company with a footprint that size, it is concerned about energy. Carson Bristol is Lithia's Program Manager for Energy...
What Running an Onsite Energy System Actually Requires from Your Team
Apr 13, 2026
For most people exploring solar and battery storage for their company, this operational question often looms large: once this system is built, what does my team have to do? The fear is that owning an energy asset means inheriting an ongoing technical burden. The...
What Waiting One Year to Deploy Solar or Storage Actually Costs a Business
Mar 30, 2026
The Solar Efficiency Argument Has a Dollar Value, and Its Not Big The case for waiting on solar technology rests on the observation that panel efficiency tends to improve over time, which is accurate. The rate of improvement is approximately half a percent per year in...
Selling Solar Tax Credits: Why Sell, When to Sell and Navigating the Process
Feb 17, 2026
A conversation with Erik Underwood of Basis Climate and James Coombes of Conductor Solar When the Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022, Erik Underwood and his co-founder read the legislation, saw the part about tax credit transferability, looked at each other, and...
2026 Energy Predictions: Batteries, AI Data Centers, and the Institutional Capital Shift
Jan 7, 2026
Behind-the-meter energy systems are entering a new phase—one defined by optimization, institutional investment, and state-level incentives filling federal gaps. Here's what energy decision-makers need to know heading into 2026. For the third time, Bill...
Beyond Roof Leases: How Leading CRE Owners Are Monetizing Solar
Dec 17, 2025
Insights from our recent webinar about monetizing solar and storage featuring Regency Centers, Kire Builders, and Ivy Energy. For years, commercial real estate owners interested in onsite solar have defaulted to the simplest path: lease your roof to a third-party...
How an Aging Grid, AI, and Electrification Are Impacting Energy Rates
Oct 22, 2025
The electricity landscape we’ve known for decades is experiencing what we’re calling a “perfect storm” of challenges. After two decades of flat energy demand, we’re witnessing a steep incline that’s colliding with a grid that was largely built in the 1960s and 70s....