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• Feds want to add 75K new solar power workers

  The U.S. Department of Energy plans to increase its previous goal of training solar power workers, including veterans, by 50%.

• IBM CEO Rometty tapped as Northwestern commencement speaker

  Northwestern University has named IBM Chairman and CEO Virginia Rometty as its commencement speaker for ceremonies taking place on Friday, June 19 at Ryan Field ...

• Apple's $850M solar plant rockets it to first place among U.S. corporations

  Apple, announced another $850M investment, giving it capacity that will push it past Walmart as the largest corporate user of solar energy.

• Solar industry jobs are growing at 20 times the national rate

  In 2014, 31,000 new jobs were created in the solar industry, which accounts for nearly two percent of all new jobs created in the U.S. ...

• U.S. utilities face up to $48B revenue loss from solar, efficiency

  A report from Accenture showed growth of distributed energy resources and energy efficiency measures could cause significant demand disruption and drive down utilities' revenues in ...

• Senator's claims of CIA violating computer fraud act shaky, legal expert says

  Establishing CFAA liability could be uphill task for Sen. Dianne Feinstein