CSLB - Notice of Public Hearing, Battery Energy Storage System

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mtnelect

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Contractors State License Board (hereafter Board or CSLB) is proposing to take the action described in the Informative Digest below, after considering all comments, objections, and recommendations regarding the proposed action.
 

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Boring.....but if you want something exciting to read about, here is an update on the new York state sun program non residential incentive block:. I will post updates as I receive them.

Dear NY-Sun Stakeholders,

We are pleased to announce a new MW Block in the Con Edison Nonresidential (200-1000kW) sector. Once Block 1 is fully committed, Block 2 will open with 30 Megawatts (MW) of capacity at $0.80/Watt. The updated block structure has been posted on NY-Sun’s Con Edison Dashboard page.

Additionally, NY-Sun has added 350 MW to Block 21 in the Upstate Commercial/Industrial sector, bringing the block’s total capacity to 900 MW. The expanded block is shown on NY-Sun’s Upstate Dashboard page.


Thank you,
The NY-Sun Team
 
electrofelon said:
Boring.....but if you want something exciting to read about, here is an update on the new York state sun program non residential incentive block:. I will post updates as I receive them.

Dear NY-Sun Stakeholders,

We are pleased to announce a new MW Block in the Con Edison Nonresidential (200-1000kW) sector. Once Block 1 is fully committed, Block 2 will open with 30 Megawatts (MW) of capacity at $0.80/Watt. The updated block structure has been posted on NY-Sun’s Con Edison Dashboard page.

Additionally, NY-Sun has added 350 MW to Block 21 in the Upstate Commercial/Industrial sector, bringing the block’s total capacity to 900 MW. The expanded block is shown on NY-Sun’s Upstate Dashboard page.


Thank you,
The NY-Sun Team
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Sounds like something you could place bets on. That would make posting the reports more fun.
 
electrofelon said:
Boring.....but if you want something exciting to read about, here is an update on the new York state sun program non residential incentive block:. I will post updates as I receive them.

Dear NY-Sun Stakeholders,

We are pleased to announce a new MW Block in the Con Edison Nonresidential (200-1000kW) sector. Once Block 1 is fully committed, Block 2 will open with 30 Megawatts (MW) of capacity at $0.80/Watt. The updated block structure has been posted on NY-Sun’s Con Edison Dashboard page.

Additionally, NY-Sun has added 350 MW to Block 21 in the Upstate Commercial/Industrial sector, bringing the block’s total capacity to 900 MW. The expanded block is shown on NY-Sun’s Upstate Dashboard page.


Thank you,
The NY-Sun Team
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Buy that's good news for solar installers, right? The OP is bad news.
 
Someone told me once that in California roofers can legally install not only PV panels but the DC wiring. Yikes!
 
macmikeman said:
People often tell me that their swimming pool contractor assured them that their employee named " Lefty" could do all the wiring and no need for an expensive electrician............
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Don't try it in California ... They have laws against breathing !
 
electrofelon said:
Boring.....but if you want something exciting to read about, here is an update on the new York state sun program non residential incentive block:. I will post updates as I receive them.

Dear NY-Sun Stakeholders,

We are pleased to announce a new MW Block in the Con Edison Nonresidential (200-1000kW) sector. Once Block 1 is fully committed, Block 2 will open with 30 Megawatts (MW) of capacity at $0.80/Watt. The updated block structure has been posted on NY-Sun’s Con Edison Dashboard page.

Additionally, NY-Sun has added 350 MW to Block 21 in the Upstate Commercial/Industrial sector, bringing the block’s total capacity to 900 MW. The expanded block is shown on NY-Sun’s Upstate Dashboard page.


Thank you,
The NY-Sun Team
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Do have a government reference to posted requirements ?
 
electrofelon said:

Resources for Contractors - NYSERDA

Resources for NY-Sun Contractors
www.nyserda.ny.gov www.nyserda.ny.gov
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Thank you ... That was exactly what I was looking for. The state of New York is much different than California. They don't have an energy commission as such but relying on local jurisdictions.
There is allot of material to digest, this will take time on my part.
 
mtnelect said:
Thank you ... That was exactly what I was looking for. The state of New York is much different than California. They don't have an energy commission as such but relying on local jurisdictions.
There is allot of material to digest, this will take time on my part.
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Glad you are enjoying the reading. I am a NY sun approved solar installer, and I haven't even read the program manual 😂!
 
jaggedben said:
That someone was wrong.
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Maybe so. But that person was an inspector at an IAEI section meeting who said it in front of a bunch of CA inspectors and contractors in an open discussion where anyone could have challenged him. I’m not from the west coast though so never took the time to research it.
 
yesterlectric said:
Maybe so. But that person was an inspector at an IAEI section meeting who said it in front of a bunch of CA inspectors and contractors in an open discussion where anyone could have challenged him. I’m not from the west coast though so never took the time to research it.
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Looking back, you said 'roofers', not 'roofing contractors'.
There's a potentially big difference there. This thread is about contractors, not employees.

In California any employee of a solar contractor (or electrical contractor, or GC when applicable) can install solar panels and DC wiring, that is true. So such an employee's previous work experience could be as a 'roofer' (and they make really good solar installers when it comes to installing rooftop mounts). But that's informal. There are no certification requirements for the employees of solar contractors or GCs. (There are for electrical contractors, and if you ask me if I think the discrepancy is messed up: yes, I do, and the solution should be to relax the requirements for electrical contractors. But I digress.)

However, neither a roofing contractor or any of their employees can do the same, (unless the roofing contractor also holds one of the other license classifications). So that's going to exclude most 'roofers'.

As far as the latter, the laws and regulations are very clear and cannot possibly be construed any other way.

Where it might get interesting is a BIPV solar system, i.e. where the solar and roofing are one and the same. But even so, it's a huge stretch that a roofing contractor is qualified to contract for that. Maybe to remove it, or integrate non electrical parts of the roofing to it, but not to install the electrical. Arguably anyone contracting to work on BIPV needs to be licensed as both a roofing contractor and a solar (or electrical) contractor, or if they are a GC they can do it since it involves two trades. (Now when it comes GCs installing solar and any other electrical, even if they're not-very-otherwise-qualified... yes, in California they can do that legally, as long as the contract involves two trades other than framing.)
 
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