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Solar Technology
On September 11 the Commerce Department made its solar duties on India, Indonesia and Laos final: dumping margins of 123.04%, 94.36% and 65.43%, with subsidy rates on top that take combined duties past 200% for every origin. The ITC votes October 14. What that does to a commercial quote this fall, and how to fix the supply before then.
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Grid & Resilience
For six days over Labor Day, a Department of Energy order let Duke Energy Carolinas dispatch specified plants and direct backup generators and batteries at data centers and large commercial sites before shedding firm load, with permit limits set aside. Duke forecast a 22,295 MW peak at 97°F. The grid now counts on customer-side generation.
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Utilities & Rates
An August 2026 catalog from the Edison Electric Institute lists the large load tariffs now in force across the Southeast: FPL's 50 MW contract schedules effective January 1, 2026, Georgia Power's minimum billing and longer terms for 100 MW customers, and Duke Energy Florida's pending filing. They are written for data centers. Here is what they change for everyone else.
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Incentives
USDA scores a REAP renewable energy grant on a 100-point scale set out in 7 CFR 4280.121: 25 points for the energy the system replaces, 15 each for committed funds, first-time applicants and a payback under ten years, 10 for requests of $250,000 or less. The rule is being rewritten; the logic still guides sizing.
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Incentives
The IRS's revised Form 3468 instructions spell out the 2025 law: no clean electricity investment credit for a solar facility placed in service after 2027 where construction begins after July 4, 2026, and none where construction begun after 2025 includes material assistance from a prohibited foreign entity.
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Solar Technology
Commerce set preliminary anti-dumping margins of 123.04% on solar cells from India, 35.17% from Indonesia and 22.46% from Laos, with cash deposits already collected at the border. The Laos final determination was scheduled for September 9 and the ITC injury vote for October 19. What that does to a module quote this fall.
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Carolinas
Duke Energy's 2026 solar and battery storage RFP has been paused since an April 23 order from the North Carolina Utilities Commission, and a ruling on the challenge is now expected October 5. A business in Duke territory does not have to wait on it: the project behind its own meter is not part of the procurement.
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Incentives
A commercial solar project that begins construction in 2026 keeps the federal credit only if at least 40% of its manufactured-product cost comes from suppliers that are not prohibited foreign entities. Storage needs 55%. IRS Notice 2026-15 explains how the ratio is counted and what paperwork proves it.
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Caribbean
LUMA announced on September 4 that the Jobos solar and battery project in Guayama has been energized: 80 MW of solar with a 110 MW, 440 MWh battery that shifts daytime output into the evening peak. For an island business the lesson is in the design: four hours of storage beside the generation.
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Utilities & Rates
The Georgia Public Service Commission's calendar lists Docket No. 57171, RTP Revenue Credit and Allocation Methodology, for Georgia Power Company, with a first hearing on September 1, 2026. The docket decides how real-time pricing revenue is credited and allocated, and that is an accounting question with a bill attached.
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Incentives
The Rural Utilities Service is taking letters of interest from September 8 to October 9 for its Powering Affordable Reliable Technology loans: $410 million for rural renewable generation, storage, microgrids and grid work, open to for-profit companies as well as cooperatives and utilities.
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Grid & Resilience
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $45 million contract on August 20 for a Fort Buchanan microgrid that must sustain critical operations for 14 days without the Puerto Rico grid. The budget is military. The method of sizing it is not.
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