Articles by Adam Browning
Adam Browning is the executive director of Vote Solar.
All Articles
-
![]()
![]()
Tracking property tax financing programs for renewable and energy efficiency investments
Berkeley’s program for leveraging property taxes to help homeowners finance investments in solar and energy efficiency is taking off–San Francisco was the latest to announce a new program. To date, 11 states (and counting) have enacted enabling legislation allowing local municipalities to follow suit. Which ones? The good folks at the Interstate Renewable Energy Council […]
-
Recipe for green jobs
In this economy, every state wants jobs. Green jobs are popular, but frankly, they’ll take them in any color. A great way to attract renewable energy jobs to a state is to—and this should be obvious—establish a local market. If a state provides incentives for a local solar market, for example, you get on the […]
-
On the legality of feed-in tariffs in the US
For the past year we’ve been involved in a proceeding before the California Public Utilities Commission on an effort to establish a feed-in tariff, or standard offer contracting program for renewables. We believe it can be a healthy complement to the state’s other renewable energy programs—i.e. the California Solar Incentive for behind-the-meter generation, and the […]
-
Urban Gardens
San Francisco to get more urban gardens. Thanks, Gavin. And here’s a how-to that I look forward to reading.
