Kicking it up a notch: The American Power Forward PAC (affiliated with SEIA) will support local and state candidates who are pro-solar and battery storage. The group will launch its first campaign in Nevada, backing Assemblymember Elaine Marzola.Â
The trend: This announcement arrives just months after the launch of Amped, a clean energy advocacy firm, along with the pro-renewables Invest in Tomorrow Coalition PAC. The common goal? To give renewables more political muscle amid fierce federal resistance.
Meanwhile, on the geothermal front: Hexagon Energy has signed a deal with a major timberland company to develop geothermal on some 145K acres across WA and OR. All that land could host over 3 GW of geothermal, Hexagon said.Â