Comments on Solar Gardens: SEC Clarifies Crowdsourcing Rules, What's the Impact on Renewables? | Renewable Energy World

Anthony, as I understand it, federal law trumps st...

2013-11-19T13:32:51.607-08:00

Anthony, as I understand it, federal law trumps state law, and you will be able to use this everywhere.

Nick, I share your concern ... One can hope that t...

2013-11-19T13:30:57.368-08:00

Nick, I share your concern ... One can hope that this will at least allow subscribers to invest in 500kW SPEs, and you could crank these out until the cows come home.

The "$1 million cap per year" is concern...

2013-11-12T11:38:30.887-08:00

The "$1 million cap per year" is concerning and a major bottleneck. At 50% crowdsourced equity on $2/W projects this is only 1MW of PV funded per year per company. That could be 1 project. The admin overhead and business infrastructure needed to support such development is substantially more than today's margins. That cap will make for a hard business model and poor reception.
I am hopeful that the best minds will figure out a way (or a loophole) but what I see on the surface is another example of a throttled solar industry.

Thanks for this concise summary. Are there any sta...

2013-11-12T11:17:12.131-08:00

Thanks for this concise summary. Are there any state specific regulatory layers that can impact this concept?