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It's not often that a homeowner looks forward to a bill arriving in the mail. But Chad Tromblee eagerly awaits one bill in particular.

Sometime over the next 12 hours, the SpaceX capsule Dragon will rendezvous with the International Space Station for the first time.

PCC District President Preston Pulliams holds up a solar-powered paddle fan, a gift given to invited guests at the solar array unveiling on May 18 at the Rock Creek Campus.

A Clarkstown Town Supervisor Alex Gromack signed a Letter of Intent with a solar contractor on Monday in hopes of getting several million dollars for a possible solar project.A Gromack and Councilman George Hoehmann reviewed proposals received from five solar vendors on Friday and selected SolarCity of Albany as the town's "Solar Electric Power ... (more)

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils the Falcon Heavy rocket at the National Press Club in Washington,DC on April 5, 2011.

Campus Crest Communities has partnered with SolarCity to install more than 9,000 solar panels on student housing facilities in Greeley, Colo.; Flagstaff, Ariz.; and Las Cruces, N.M. The "purpose-built" student housing developer says the initiative will provide more than 2.3 million kWh of renewable power annually, offset the housing complexes' ... (more)

The Initial Public Offering of Facebook Inc. has been dominating the news, but I am more interested in another IPO that is developing.

PCC Rock Creek unveiled its new 2,100-panel solar array Friday. The installation is expected to save $1.25 million in campus energy costs over the next 25 years.

Three student housing developments in America are to be run on clean energy. More than 9,000 solar panels are to be fitted at The Grove student accommodation in Flagstaff, in Arizona, Greeley, in Colorado, and Las Cruces, in New Mexico.

In states with deregulated electricity markets, power providers must compete for customers who can switch to a competitor much like they change cellphone services.

As I report in The Times , legions of companies will offer to install a system at no upfront cost and promise customers cheaper, cleaner electricity over the course of 20 years.

On the first word of an initial public offering investors flock to the Securities Exchange Commission website to get financial details on the heretofore private company.

The company plans to add 25 jobs at the Marlborough facility in the coming months.

Thanks to the recently-passed JOBS Act, companies with less than $1B in annual revenue that are looking to go public no longer have to share their financials with the public via a detailed S-1. One recent example is SolarCity, which alerted the public of its planned IPO with a mere 2-paragraph PR stating it has confidentially filed with the SEC.

SolarCity, a national leader in clean energy services, has opened a new 15,000-square-foot operations center in Marlborough that will bring the area new jobs and help Massachusetts businesses, non-profit organizations and homeowners save money through better energy options.

Kim-Mai Cutler is a technology journalist who has worked for Bloomberg, VentureBeat and The Wall Street Journal.

SUCCEEDING WHERE OTHERS FAIL: Why Solarcity Is Succeeding in a Difficult Solar Industry.

Our annual list of 10 technologies that could change the world. This year: Light-field photography.

Morgan Stanley is backing a $300 million fund to finance installation of residential photovoltaic systems - yet another sign that the turmoil roiling solar panel manufacturers has been a boon for installers.

On the heels of Brightsource Energy's announcement last month that it was canceling its plans to go public, SolarCity on Monday announced that it plans to conduct a registered initial public offering of its common stock.