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Solar Is Being Held Back by Regulations, Not Technology

Harvard Business Review

Many of these regulations were put in place before modern inverters (which allow solar electricity to safely feed back to the grid) existed, and so local utilities are largely responsible for interpreting them, despite the inherent conflict of interest to maintain their monopolies. solar in 2015.

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The Growing Conflict-of-Interest Problem in the U.S. Congress

Harvard Business Review

While concerns about conflicts of interest regarding President Trump’s business holdings have received a lot of attention, resulting in proposed legislation to end loopholes for the commander in chief , there has been much less discussion of another source of conflicting interests: the investments of members of Congress.