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VA
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 581 relates to a smart solar permitting platform for residential solar energy systems.
- This legislation relates to a smart solar permitting platform for residential solar energy systems.
- Houseful 581 relates to smart solar permitting platform established residential solar energy systems.
- Now this legislation relates to smart solar permitting platform established residential solar energy
- sale, lease, or power purchase of solar energy systems, civil penalty.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate - 01/22/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- is so we have a heat buildings solar is so we have a solar<01:42:31.800><c> is</c><01:42:31.920><c>
- , and then suddenly solar PV pretty much wiped out concentrated solar, right?
- If anyone who made a big bet on concentrated solar often lost their money in this case.
- Solar PV pretty much wiped out concentrated solar, right?
- If anyone who made a big bet on concentrated solar often lost their money in this case.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- outlive the two of us and have the greatest impact, he implemented, installed, and has phase one of the solar
- The Kawai Community College will be 100% energy self-sufficient with the solar program, and the second
- The Kawai Community College will be 100% energy self-sufficient with the solar program.
- The Kawai Community College will be 100% energy self-sufficient with the solar program, and the second
- The Kawai Community College will be 100% energy self-sufficient with the solar program, and the second
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, if we look at wind and solar, it funds wind and solar, which are actively destroying the power grid
- These subsidies could make wind and solar account for nearly 60% of U.S. electricity generation by 2050
- qualified for the ballot, an initiative to restore basic consequences for criminal activity like retail
- theft and to get treatment for retail theft and to get treatment for folks<03:04:32.319><c> uh</c><03
- In their search, the team discovered BBOT, the first battery- and solar-powered beach-cleaning robot
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- This conference report relates to regulation of contractors, solar installation companies, sale, lease
- , or power purchase of solar energy systems, and civil penalties.
- companies, and the sale, lease, or power purchase of solar energy systems.
- This is a bill that strengthens consumer protections for residents who are installing solar systems at
- This is a bill that strengthens consumer protections for residents who are installing solar systems at
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (02/07/2025)
State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><03:38:05.080><c> powered</c> having Marines carry solar powered having Marines carry solar powered
- Do we go nuclear, solar, wind power?
- Do we go nuclear, solar, wind power?
- Do we go nuclear, solar, wind power?
- Do we go nuclear, solar, wind power?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Expanding accessibility by encouraging autonomous vehicle adoption in MN | Senator John Jasinski Apr 10th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- about these gentlemen who were doing robotics, and they were actually using robots to mow underneath solar
- about these gentlemen who were doing robotics, and they were actually using robots to mow underneath solar
- about these gentlemen who were doing robotics, and they were actually using robots to mow underneath solar
- about these gentlemen who were doing robotics, and they were actually using robots to mow underneath solar
- Underneath solar fields.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- , you know, if you have an SMR that's doing 250 megawatts, that's, you know, equivalent of all the solar
- to cover acres and acres of farmland with solar panels when you can produce it in one small location
- So you'll still have at least that 2% solar generation.
- Well, and that's so of the total 7.5%, 2% has to be solar. Thanks.
- I believe now that even if one of these investors owns purchased solar, I believe they can use that in
Committee:
House Utilities
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day Jun 30th, 2026
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the General Assembly by February 15th, 2027, analyzing options to support our traditional lottery retailers
- Local communities should have considerable control over where recreational cannabis retail locations
- If the goal is to ensure that retail cannabis establishments are accessible and successful across Delaware
- Only 13 retail recreational locations operate statewide, owned by just six companies.
- It would allow a hemp retail store that does not sell marijuana. ...allow a hemp retail store that does
Summary:
The House convened with quorum, offered prayers and moments of silence for community members who had recently died, and recognized several guests and family members in the chamber. After routine communications and passage of consent calendar 29, the chamber took up a series of measures on the main and colored agendas, with several bills and resolutions passing by voice vote or roll call.
Among the measures approved were House Concurrent Resolution 157, which as amended requested a State Lottery report on options to support traditional lottery retailers; Senate Bill 53 on the Delaware Farm to Community Program; Senate Bill 307 on PSC authority for Lifeline telecommunications carriers; Senate Bill 339 clarifying health directive forms in mental health facilities; Senate Bill 235 on manufactured home community rent increases; Senate Bill 325, as amended, updating fire prevention and volunteer fire/EMS background check rules; Senate Bill 309 on inmate work and discharge of incarceration-related balances; Senate Bill 324 on deadly weapons and constable agency representatives; Senate Bill 293 on youth camp child care licensing; Senate Bill 94 on respiratory care practitioners and ECMO medication delivery; and Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 100, proposing a constitutional amendment protecting the right to marry regardless of race or gender while preserving religious freedom. House Bill 188, changing Delaware primary elections to allow unaffiliated voters to choose a party primary, also passed after debate.
Two measures drew extended discussion and amendments. Senate Bill 233, requiring snow and ice to be removed from vehicles, was tabled once, then later amended and passed after debate over whether the law was workable for truck drivers and other vehicle operators; a proposed truck-related exemption amendment failed. House Substitute 1 for House Bill 404, creating a pilot program for artificial intelligence and extended reality in schools, passed after testimony from the Department of Education emphasizing guardrails, privacy, and educator oversight, alongside concerns from members about data, bias, and long-term effects. Several items were tabled or reconsidered during the session, and the House adjourned after completing the day’s business.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (10-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Talking about solar energy.
- U<00:16:19.680><c> talking</c><00:16:20.000><c> about</c><00:16:20.320><c> solar</c><00:16:20.720><c>
- </c><00:16:21.519><c> Um</c><00:16:22.160><c> this</c><00:16:22.399><c> is</c> U talking about solar
- Um this is U talking about solar energy.
- </c> solar panels by as much as 40%. solar panels by as much as 40%.
Summary:
The committee met and approved the minutes, then heard announcements and introductions from members and guests, including an invitation to an East Kentucky trail ride opening and welcomes for new EPIC and Kentucky Coal Association representatives and several constituents. After the opening business, the committee turned to a presentation on nanotechnology and energy applications by Rodney Andrews of the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research.
Andrews explained how nanoscale materials behave differently because of their size and surface area, and described uses in consumer products, batteries, solar panels, catalysts, coatings, sensors, and energy storage. Members asked about the relationship between nanomaterials and coal, and Andrews said carbon nanotubes can be made from coal-derived hydrocarbons, which members noted as an opportunity for Kentucky’s coal and manufacturing sectors. He also discussed work on improved solar coatings, more stable perovskites, fuel-processing catalysts, hydrogen storage, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, electromagnetic shielding, and conductive yarns and fabrics.
The presentation also covered more advanced applications such as thermoelectric textiles, power transmission materials, thermal transport composites for aerospace, nanofluids for cooling, and fusion reactor shielding. In the final discussion, members raised questions about electromagnetic pulse protection and quantum computing; Andrews said the materials discussed could absorb and spread energy and that shielding applications may help with EMPs, while quantum computing remains limited by extremely low operating temperatures. No formal votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I use solar at my house. I have a robust solar setup.
- What we have found is that the citizens that don't have solar are paying people for solar that they use
- What we have found is that the citizens that don't have solar are paying people for solar that they use
- We're going to compare it to solar and wind.
- Fifteen jobs for solar and wind.
Summary:
The House convened, approved the journal, and spent much of the opening portion recognizing guests and interns from both parties, along with former lawmakers and a newly seated member, Representative Sylvia Allen. The chamber then took up House Concurrent Resolution 2065 honoring the late Alfredo Gutierrez. Members from both parties gave extended remarks about his life as a civil rights advocate, student activist, legislator, and mentor, and the resolution was unanimously adopted and transmitted to the Senate. Family members of Gutierrez were recognized in the gallery during the memorial tribute.
The House then moved into Committee of the Whole on the first budget-related measures. On House Bill 4138, the “feed bill”/budget operations measure, Democrats argued the budget favored corporations and data centers over seniors, health care, housing, universities, and vulnerable families, while Republicans defended it as a continuation of prior policy and said it preserved tax conformity and modest agency cuts. After debate and questions, the committee recommended the bill do pass and the House adopted that report, sending HB 4138 to engrossing.
The chamber next considered House Bill 4139, the amusement/gaming-related budget bill. Members debated whether it was essentially unchanged from last year’s budget language, with Republicans saying it was a continuation bill and that gaming-related provisions would support rural economies and tourism, while Democrats questioned the broader budget context and its effects on working families. The committee recommended HB 4139 do pass, and the House adopted that recommendation. The House then began debate on House Bill 4140, the state budget implementation bill, focusing on the budget stabilization fund and a proposed government efficiency initiative; discussion was still underway at the end of the transcript.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications - 04/28/2026
Energy And Telecommunications
Transcript Highlights:
- by Senator Harcum, an act to amend the General Municipal Law in relation to citing carport-mounted solar
- has to do with overcoming..." ...to substitute has to do with overcoming home rule when it comes to solar
- renewable energy siting, restore the control for local municipalities to be able to decide when to permit solar
- village zoning districts, prohibit the construction, installation, or operation of a carport-mounted solar
- energy system with a nameplate..." ...the construction, installation, or operation of a carport-mounted solar
Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Summary:
The Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee met under Chair Kevin Parker and considered a series of energy, utility, and clean transportation bills. The committee first advanced a bill by Senator Connery on make-ready electric infrastructure for public-serving EV charging, after members raised concerns that the costs of preparing school bus charging infrastructure could be shifted to ratepayers. The committee then advanced Senator Parker’s pilot program for resilient EV charging microgrids, with discussion focused on using existing NYSERDA resources, the role of batteries, and the bill’s purpose in supporting emergency charging during outages. Another bill on heavy distribution centers and EV charging was also advanced after debate over its application to large warehouse and e-commerce facilities.
The committee also considered a bill on carport-mounted solar systems that would limit local zoning restrictions. A motion to substitute in a different bill was ruled improper for lack of notice, and the chair’s ruling was upheld on appeal. Members then advanced a PSC guidebook bill on gas and electric rate-making, and a utility shutoff protection bill for medical emergencies, life support equipment, and elderly, blind, or disabled customers, with questions about age definitions and the scope of medical documentation. The committee also advanced the Home Utility Weatherization Jobs Act, which would create a pilot program for electrification and weatherization in disadvantaged communities, with members discussing whether the program would be available at no cost to building owners and how utilities would access capital.
Throughout the meeting, members repeatedly raised concerns about who would pay for the programs, whether ratepayers or taxpayers would bear the costs, and how much local control would remain under the solar siting bill. At the end of the meeting, members briefly discussed a recent NYISO report warning about possible summer reliability issues and urged the committee and the PSC to review it closely. The chair noted the report should be considered alongside other state planning documents, and the meeting then adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Nov 3rd, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Solar farms make energy.
- For example, the community solar...
- And Representative, we haven't, because, again, community solar would be a generation source.
- You know, community solar has had interconnection problems.
- When we hear about these solar farms or solar power facilities that went out, for instance, since in
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Aug 11th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The consequences of under-incentivizing geothermal are slower development; investors prioritize solar
- The solar incentives worked.
- Utility-scale solar grew four times in the seven years that that tax credit existed, and I think that
- That's coming from a lot of different drivers, but I think coming from largely a solar background.
- Solar and wind and other renewables can play a role Base load power to supply these types of needs, and
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/25/26
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- How much solar is it going to take to run it?
- How much solar is it going to take to run it?
- </c><00:21:03.600><c> that's</c> uh, provisions here for solar that's uh, provisions here for solar that's
- How<00:21:24.800><c> much</c><00:21:25.000><c> solar</c><00:21:25.320><c> is</c><00:21:25.400><c> it<
- is it going to take to How much solar is it going to take to run<00:21:26.120><c> it?
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Standing Committee on Finance and Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation - 06/02/26
Transcript Highlights:
- I was surprised to see a field of solar panels at the entrance of Letchworth State Park.
- I was surprised to see a field of solar panels at the entrance of Letchworth State Park.
- We just passed a bill to allow floating solar panels on waterways.
- beautiful land for this agenda and pretending we're doing something about climate change by laying solar
- energy in places that are already developed, so we're not, you know, cutting down trees to install solar
Summary:
The joint meeting of the Senate Finance Committee and the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks, and Recreation considered Governor Hochul’s nomination of Kathleen “Kathy” Moser to serve as Commissioner of the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. Moser described her background in conservation and public lands, and said her priorities would include improving access and belonging for all New Yorkers, maintaining health and safety, modernizing infrastructure, addressing climate change and sustainability, and strengthening partnerships with local governments, community groups, and the Legislature.
Members questioned her on a range of park issues, including visitor fees, safety at swimming areas such as Lake Welch, security measures at parks, access for urban residents through nature buses and school transportation grants, maintenance and capital needs, event permitting, workforce recruitment and retention, and coordination around the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Moser said the department has targeted capital and safety investments at popular parks, is installing fencing, lighting, cameras, and license plate readers at entrances at selected sites, and is planning extensive 250th commemoration programming and historic-site renovations.
She also discussed efforts to expand community stewardship, including partner groups, culturally specific amenities like cricket fields, and outreach through traveling exhibits and social media. Senators raised concerns and suggestions about renewable energy siting, cell service in rural areas, invasive species prevention, and local infrastructure needs. After questioning concluded, the committees voted to advance the nomination, and the motion was reported to the Senate floor.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> are wind and solar. 95%. are wind and solar. 95%.
- It's because of the very wind and solar.
- Number six, wind and solar are future.
- </c><08:30:50.478><c> has</c> For example, the cost of solar has For example, the cost of solar has decreased
- Wind and solar are viable, competition.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EEP Public Hearing - Tue Feb 17, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST
Energy & Environmental Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- Supply, Hawaii Solar Energy Association, PVT Tech, and Alternate Energy.
- They lower the entry point for putting rooftop solar on a home.
- They lower the entry point for putting rooftop solar on a home.
- So, for putting rooftop solar on a home.
- :19.200><c> are</c><01:01:19.280><c> installing</c> the solar companies that are installing the solar
Bills:
HB2241 , HB2316 , HB1566 , HB1926 , HB1673 , HB1948 , HB2602 , HB1598 , HB2334 , HB2451 , HB2243
Committee:
House Energy & Environmental Protection
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on a bill to expand the solar energy tax credit for single-family residential properties by removing certain cap amounts and raising the adjusted gross income limits for taxpayers to elect a refund of excess credits. The Hawaii State Energy Office and Department of Taxation both said they were standing on written testimony, while industry and advocacy groups largely supported the measure. Members questioned whether the income thresholds were set appropriately, how many taxpayers would be affected at different income levels, and how many would qualify for refundable treatment; Taxation said it did not yet have the requested numbers but was preparing a fiscal estimate. A major issue raised was drafting and administration: witnesses said the bill appears to apply differently to owner-purchased systems versus third-party leased systems, and Taxation said it likely could not easily verify household income for leased systems or cross-reference different taxpayers. Discussion also covered whether the credit should remain refundable, whether credits should be limited to amounts actually expended, and whether the bill should instead be structured to keep the credit with the system owner or lessor, with concerns about equity, market effects, and possible incentives to lease rather than buy.
The committee then moved to HB 2316, which would align state restrictions on lead materials in drinking water infrastructure with federal Safe Drinking Water Act requirements. The Department of Health and other supporters testified in favor, and there were no questions from the chair. Next, HB 1566 on energy efficiency would require state agencies to use energy-efficient lighting, with the Hawaii State Energy Office providing technical assistance and a compliance survey prioritized for first responder facilities; testimony from state agencies and advocates was in support, and again there were no questions.
For HB 1926 on Red Hill, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, the Board of Water Supply, and multiple organizations and individuals supported funding for remediation studies, environmental monitoring, groundwater research, independent testing, and a public dashboard, with DLNR emphasizing that decades of work remain necessary even after defueling and that the bill supports ongoing university and community partnerships. The committee then heard HB 1673 on landfill units. The Department of Health initially said it was in support but later corrected the record and stated it strongly opposes the measure, saying the bill would undo protections enacted last session that keep landfills out of areas over aquifers; the Board of Water Supply also opposed repeal of those protections, while the City and County of Honolulu supported the HD1 version that leaves siting decisions to the counties. Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi and the Energy Justice Network opposed the bill, arguing the original protections should remain and that the amended version had confused commenters; supporters of the original version urged restoring it and considering additional language on ash.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Apr 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- In closing, by establishing uniform rules for plug-in play solar, AB 2612 facilitates safer adoption
- So if you unplug a plug-in solar system, those prongs, those blades that stick out of the male plug,
- Is it because this is a different version than just rooftop solar? It's plug-in solar, right?
- But we're talking about small portable solar panels, typically under two kilowatts.
- This is not rooftop solar.
Summary:
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard a long agenda of housing-related bills, beginning with AB 1892 on HOA/Davis-Stirling Act cleanup provisions. The author and sponsor said the bill would clarify HOA responsibilities for utility service repairs in common areas, align election notice timelines, and require electronic voting ballots to be sent at least 30 days before an election. No opposition was presented, and the bill was set aside to be taken up later when a quorum was available.
The committee then heard AB 1708, which would revise the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) program to give smaller cities a clearer role in regional homelessness planning and access to funding. Mayors and city representatives from Bellflower, Paramount, and other cities testified that smaller jurisdictions are spending significant local funds on shelters and services but lack direct access to HHAP dollars. Some larger-city and housing advocates opposed or were opposed unless amended, arguing the bill could add administrative burden, but committee members broadly supported the goal of including smaller cities in regional responses.
Members also heard AB 2058 on factory-built housing, AB 2576 on historic-resource protections under SB 79, AB 1751 on missing-middle townhomes, AB 1924 on homelessness prevention, AB 2626 on waiving certain monitoring fees for at-risk affordable housing developments, and AB 2089 on welfare-exemption and recertification procedures for affordable housing. Testimony generally emphasized reducing duplicative local permitting for factory-built housing, protecting state and national historic resources while still allowing housing near transit, expanding ministerial approval for townhomes, creating a statewide homelessness-prevention strategy with accountability measures, giving HCD flexibility to waive fees to preserve financially stressed affordable housing, and streamlining property-tax exemption recertification. Several bills were voted out of committee, including AB 1751 and AB 2626, both passing on 8-0 and 7-0 votes respectively, while other measures were discussed with motions pending or held open for absent members.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Apr 15th, 2026
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- In closing, by establishing uniform rules for plug-in play solar, AB 2612 facilitates safer adoption
- Is it because this is a different version than just rooftop solar? It's a plug-in solar, right?
- But we're talking about small portable solar panels, typically under two kilowatts.
- This is not rooftop solar.
- We know how much that increases the cost when it just comes even... ...you have to put rooftop solar.
Committee:
House Housing and Community Development