WEBINAR: Modeling Solar + Storage on CCAs

Summary: In California, there are now 19 (CCA’s) Community Choice Aggregators serving more than 10 million electric customers statewide. CCA’s are becoming more popular by the day, with hundreds of developers already modeling solar + storage projects on them and more than half of California’s population has or is developing community choice energy. With all […]

WEBINAR: Energy Storage Development with K&L Gates

Summary: The residential energy storage market in California is growing with the assistance of declining battery prices and more “storage friendly” rate schedules. This webinar overviews all the factors playing into residential storage in California including SGIP, the SB700 extension, new SGIP requirements and the best/worst rate schedules in the three IOU’S (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E) […]

A Guide to Modeling Solar + Storage on CCAs

If you’ve been paying attention to what’s happening in California’s solar market in the slightest bit over the past 10 years, you’re somewhat familiar with community choice aggregation (CCA). Since Marion County launched the first CCA program in 2010, the adaptation from several other counties soon followed. There are now …

WEBINAR: Hawaii’s Solar + Storage Market

Summary: Hawaii has set one of the most ambitious statewide renewable energy goals in the country, targeting to reach 100% renewable energy by 2045. Some Hawaiian islands are predicting that they may even reach that goal before 2045, which makes Hawaii a front runner in the solar market, but the market has gone through many […]

Where are we now? The status of Hawaii’s solar + storage market

Hawaii is one of many states that have set a sizable renewable energy goal, with hopes of reaching 100% renewable by 2045. This goal is not out of reach by any means, in fact, some islands are predicting that they may even reach that goal before 2045. Another big milestone …

A Guide to Grandfathering Protections for Solar Customers

Grandfathering protections for solar customers has become a hot topic over the last few years as utilities around the country have continued to change their rate design structures and Net Energy Metering (NEM) frameworks. In this blog I’m going to discuss all aspects of grandfathering for solar customers, which can …

Simplifying the process of retrieving usage data

Retrieving and obtaining data from a utility can be difficult and time-consuming, but completely necessary in accurately modeling solar + storage projects. It varies from utility to utility, and when you’re a developer, working on several projects, retrieving data for each project can take days, even weeks. If you’re going …

Aloha! Meet our new team in Hawaii

We’ve officially said Aloha and opened our new Energy Toolbase office in Honolulu, Hawaii. This office opening has been a long time coming for our team, with the planning process of more than a year and we couldn’t be more excited to have a designated team to help support new, growing markets around the world.

Pason Power Joins Eguana Technologies on CED Greentech Annual Solar Roadshow

Onsite information and training sessions on machine-learning energy storage sizing and monitoring technology April 15 , 2019 — HOUSTON, TEXAS — Pason Power, a provider of adaptive intelligent software for energy assets, announced today it will be joining Eguana Technologies, a leading supplier of residential and commercial energy storage systems, …

Energy Toolbase Opens New Office in Hawaii to Support Growth in New Markets

Energy Toolbase is announcing the opening of a new office in the Aloha State to service customers in Hawaii, Australia and other markets throughout the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The sales and support office will enable the company to better serve the needs of their rapidly expanding customer base and provide more hours of support overlap across different time zones.