CEDI Launches Inaugural Newsletter
The Clean Energy Districts of Iowa (CEDI) organization has officially launched its first newsletter, where readers can receive updates on the organization’s clean energy and energy efficiency efforts. You can subscribe to learn more about grants, programs, workshops, and legislation at the local, state, and federal levels and how to get involved! Check out the…
IOWA SHOULD KEEP UTILITIES FROM CHARGING CUSTOMERS FOR THINGS THEY DON’T NEED
Editorial by: Andy Johnson, Executive Director of the Clean Energy Districts of Iowa, which serves twelve Iowa county-level Clean Energy Districts covering roughly a third of Iowa’s population. The Districts support local ownership of and prosperity from the clean energy transition. Alliant Energy electricity rates feel like a runaway train to Iowa ratepayers, and over 70 Alliant-served towns…
Old Holiday Lights? We’ll Take Them!
With the holidays well on their way, ’tis the season for hanging up those pretty wires and bulbs that make every neighborhood sparkle. But what do you do with those lights that are broken, don’t match, or are just taking up space in your basement? Well, once again the Jackson County Energy District and Friends of Jackson County…
UPDATE: Solar Tax Credits See Likely Return!
The Iowa Legislature completed their final day in this session weeks after their scheduled adjourning. It seemed very unlikely that the extension of rural solar tax credit funding would have happened. However, against all odds, the Legislature passed an extension of the Solar Tax Credit funding to those applicants who had applied prior to the…
Denied Solar Tax Credits May See Funding in Iowa Legislature
A recent announcement (simplified) by State Rep. Chuck Isenhart of Dubuque on Solar Tax Credits in Iowa: “Are you one of the hundreds of homeowners in Iowa who have been told you are not getting the tax credit you were promised when you installed a solar array on your roof by 2021? Well, a sun…
Grow Solar Jackson County Reaches 100 kW Before Finish
Bulk-Purchase Program Finds Success Even During Pandemic Homeowners and businesses in Jackson County contracted 102.18 kW ofsolar power through the Grow Solar Jackson County program, which officially ended this past fall.The program surpassed its 50 kW benchmark milestone, leading to $216,000 in localinvestments. The initiative emphasized solar education and volume purchasing to make solarmore affordable…