By Hayley Ringle | Phoenix Business Journal
The U.S. Solar Market Insight report for the second quarter of 2014 released Sept. 5 by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association shows Arizona ranked seventh in the state for solar panel installations. This is a drop from third during the first quarter.
Arizona users installed 24.3 megawatts of photovoltaic panels in the second quarter, compared to 52 megawatts in the first quarter.
“Today’s SEIA Q2 Report shows a real collapse in Arizona’s solar numbers,” said Harvey Bryan, an Arizona State University professor in the School of Sustainability. “I believe the changes to net metering and the proposed DOR (Department of Revenue) ruling are beginning to have a big negative impact on the state’s solar industry.”
Comment by Court Rich, Rose Law Group Senior Partner: “This report must be music to APS’ ears. APS has systematically pushed for the implementation of policies and taxes designed to stymie solar growth and kill customer choice. It appears this massive push is starting to work. The real bad news is that the utility continues to push for even more aggressive policies designed to take away its customers’ freedom to use less of the state sponsored monopoly’s electricity.”
