Here it is, your random amalgam of solar energy news and information for this Wednesday…

Louisiana is set to enact legislation that would allow the state to lease public land for the installation renewable energy facilities, like solar power installations, via Forbes. Louisiana already has one of the best solar energy tax credits going in the country. Another pending law would enable the state to generate electricity using the currents of the Mississippi River. The technical ooh-look-how-smart-I-am word for this technology is “hydrokinetic” power. Use it in Scrabble, and we’ll send you a free T-shirt.

In Florida solar news, Governor Charlie Crist signed Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) legislation, according to NBC Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples. PACE programs provide loans for the installation of solar panels and energy-efficient upgrades. Rather than making monthly payments, property owners repay the loan via an annual property assessment. Gov. Christ also vetoed a proposal for a $5 million alternative energy research center at Florida Gulf Coast University, which made a few people pretty mad, to say the least:

Will the leaders of the Sunshine State ever look up? That fiery orb up there burning with clean energy seems to be saying, “With the oil gooing up your environment, don’t you get it yet?” aced on Gov. Charlie Crist’s veto of $5 million for Florida Gulf Coast University’s high-tech alternative energy center, the answer seems to be, “No.”

Last July, Oregon Governor Ted Kulogoski signed legislation aimed at creating a pilot feed-in tariff program. Well, a year on, the Oregon Board of Public Utilities has finally managed to decide on rules and rates, via Solar Industry. Participants in the Oregon feed-in tariff pilot will be able to sell the electricity generated by their solar electric systems at predetermined rates for 15 years.

Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ), the China-based maker of solar panels, received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to BusinessWeek. Apparently there were some fishy-looking transactions and “other events” in 2009.

Geoscape Solar, a New Jersey solar installation firm, has launched a program to help non-profit organization to adopt solar power, via BusinessWire. Geoscape’s president and co-founder Jeff Chavkin had the following to say about the “Sun for All” program:

…members can do well by doing good – benefiting both their favorite non-profit and the environment. A number of religious institutions, such as churches and temples, have been looking for ways to take advantage of the incredible solar incentives in New Jersey, and we are now pleased to be able to help them with our unique Sun For All financing program.

Finally today, Panasonic is good at making TVs. Will it be good at making solar panels? We’ll find out in a few months, apparently, as the electronics group is set to launch its home solar power product on July first, via MarketWatch.