California Solar Consumers At Risk of Losing Protection

March 31, 2011 seowebsites Solar California, Solar Power, Solar Rebates

The popular (CSI) program, which provides rebates for solar installations or pays for solar energy generated from installations, has been so popular among residents, businesses and public agencies that it is set to run out of money sooner than expected. What will happen if state lawmakers decide not to extend funding for the program? Aside […]

5 Challenges for California Solar

March 29, 2011 seowebsites Solar California

California has led the country in solar policy and solar rooftop installations, but keeping its lead won’t be easy. It will take more public money, for one thing, and that could be a tough pitch to make in light of the state’s big budget shortfall. The president of the California Public Utilities Commission, Michael Peevey, […]

Solar eclipsing the grid?

March 25, 2011 seowebsites Solar California, solar power

The electric grid wasn’t designed for a million solar roofs. It was designed to work with big power plants, substations and wires leading to every house and business and for the power in those wires to flow from the generation plant to the customer. But what happens when the customer is the generation plant? And […]

SoCal Edison (Still) Offers the Best Solar Rebate in California

March 21, 2011January 23, 2017 seowebsites Solar California, solar power, Solar Rebates

If you’re a residential customer of Southern California Edison (SCE), you’ve got more than SoCal’s sunny days to be happy about. You’re also sitting on what is arguably the state’s best solar rebate. Here’s the deal. In 2006, the state’s public utilities commission launched the California Solar Initiative (CSI), a multi-year program aimed at providing […]

California Utilities Do Not Meet 2010 Renewable Energy Goal

March 18, 2011 seowebsites Solar California, solar power

In 2002, California adopted a Renewable Portfolio Standard which required that 20% of California‘s electricity come from renewable resources by 2010. On top of all of this, in November of 2008, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed California Executive Order S-14-08 which requires “all retail sellers of electricity [to] serve 33 percent of their load with […]

Mixed News with California Solar Power

March 17, 2011 seowebsites solar power

As many people know, California has the highest solar power adoption rates in the country mostly due to large financial support from the state through the California Solar Initiative. In fact, California ranked first in the U.S. in installed solar capacity with 212 MW in 2009 claiming 49% of the national market. That, of course, […]

Disturbed Land Home for California’s Newest Solar Farms

March 14, 2011 seowebsites Leave a comment solar power

One of environmentalists’ major concerns about adding solar farms in places such as the Mojave Desert is the destruction of land and disturbance of the natural habitat. But what if that land was already destroyed due to salt contamination from over-irrigation? Could these environmentalists bear to place a solar farm over this disturbed land? Right […]

California Solar Consumers At Risk of Losing Protection

5 Challenges for California Solar

Solar eclipsing the grid?

SoCal Edison (Still) Offers the Best Solar Rebate in California

California Utilities Do Not Meet 2010 Renewable Energy Goal

Mixed News with California Solar Power

Disturbed Land Home for California’s Newest Solar Farms

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