For all of its flaws, the Bloom deal in Delaware established a small window of opportunity for cleantech firms to participate in the traditional electric utility rate setting process.
The enactment of the rate increases is likely to happen in early 2013, after which electric rates are expected to increase by an average of 5.1% and natural gas rates by 6.6%.
Our most recent report on plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has the market for battery electric vehicles growing at a very rapid pace (32% compound annual growth rate between this year and 2020).