Responding to increased state-level interest in plug-in solar, a nonprofit group has published an in-depth guidebook to help state policymakers navigate the path to allowing households to use the ...

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Discover small solar home battery options, including flooded lead-acid, deep-discharge, and lithium-iron phosphate batteries. Welcome to our series answering reader questions and concerns about how to ...

Florida residents are about to experience a significant increase in electricity costs due to the unprecedented $7 billion ...

Massachusetts residents pay more in electricity than most other states. Perhaps, you have considered installing solar energy to power your homes, reduce your electric bills and slow down climate ...

For years, solar power at home was mostly limited to people who owned their rooftops and could afford the steep upfront costs. But now, a new generation of small, affordable systems — often called ...

For a long time, rooftop solar capacity in the United States has been rising meteorically — especially in California. Between 2015 and 2023, California's small-scale solar capacity increased sixfold, ...

When Terrence Dwyer received a knock on his door and a flyer for a solar panel system small enough to fit on his deck, he was quickly sold. Solar systems that plug into regular wall outlets have been ...

Residential solar in the Midwest has stopped being a ‘maybe one day’ kind of idea and become a very practical, very now, home ...