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Making Sense of Interconnection Queue Trends

Modest Reductions in Interconnection Queues Do Not Mean Reform Has Achieved its Aims In August, Lawrence Berkely National Lab released new data for its annual “Queued Up” report series, which compiles interconnection queue data from nearly all of the grid operators...

SI2 Thanks Board Chair Abigail Ross Hopper for Strategic Vision 

The Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2) extends its gratitude to Abigail Ross Hopper for her extraordinary leadership as President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and founding chair of the SI2 Board of Directors.   In...
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SI2 Responds to U.S. Department of Energy’s Plan to Cut Solar Project Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) may be planning to terminate roughly 600 grants nationwide, according to a list obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News. As of now, the list currently includes two DOE contracts awarded to the Solar and Storage Industries Institute...
Shawn Rumery Joins Solar and Storage Industries Institute

Shawn Rumery Joins Solar and Storage Industries Institute

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2) announced that market research expert Shawn Rumery will join SI2 as senior program director.  At SI2, Rumery will lead the organization’s programmatic work, including areas related to solar...

EIA Misses Opportunity to Collect Better Data

With all the fanfare about the Inflation Reduction Act’s one-year anniversary, and the fact that it’s driving epic amounts of clean energy investments nationwide, a little-known misstep last month by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has...

How To Build a Better Grid That Can Reach Our Clean Energy Goals

While the United States races to switch to clean, reliable solar and storage, all of this work could come to a screeching halt if we don’t address the elephant in the room: our electric grid is too small. Over the next 15 years, the electric grid needs to double...

Meet The Fellows: SI2 Expands Again

Meet The Fellows: SI2 Expands Again

This month, we announced the hiring of two new team members, Tiana Elame and Marilla Smith, to be SI2’s first Fellows. Tiana and Marilla will work closely with Executive Director David Gahl and Assistant Director of Development Sarah Conley-Ballew to conduct clean...