U.S. rooftop solar installations increased 19% in 2016 compared with an average growth of 63% year-over-year from 2012 to 2015, even as the solar industry celebrated a record-breaking year.

The state's largest utility, which slowed down the interconnection process for rooftop solar systems in late 2013, also said that its subsidiary, Maui Electric Co. approved a total of 331 systems ...

Rooftop Solar Companies Keep Going Bankrupt. Lower Interest Rates Could Help Big rooftop solar companies have struggled in 2024 as high interest rates and policy changes put strains on their finances.

In some parts of Hawaii, where many homeowners have installed rooftop panels to capitalize on federal and state tax credits for using solar energy, the local utility company has slowed down ...

Some in the solar industry are saying that this is a step in the right direction for a sector that has slowed since HECO instituted new interconnection rules in 2013. The Business Journals.

That change slowed the growth of rooftop solar but did little to bring down energy costs. The state’s electricity rates now stand at 39 cents a kilowatt-hour, nearly three times the national ...

Hawaiian Electric Co. and its sister companies did not fare well in a new opinion poll that showed nine out of ten residents believe the utility has slowed rooftop solar installations to protect ...

Changes have arrived to rooftop solar in Idaho, whether its proponents like it or not. Idaho Power, on the heels of gaining approval to raise its base electricity rates, got the green light from ...