The rooftop solar industry closed out 2013 with a 4-0 winning streak against the monopoly utilities’ attempts to eliminate net metering. Net metering gives rooftop solar customers full retail credit for the excess electricity they deliver to the electric grid. The utility turns around and sells this electricity to homes and … [continued]
Two developments this month raise the possibility New Jersey could overcome Governor Chris Christie’s withdrawal and rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Originally published on Kompulsa. Santa Clara County (in California) has mandated that new homes and non-residential buildings be pre-wired to accommodate electric vehicle charging stations during their construction. This prevents owners from having to pay up to $2,000 to redo wiring in a building that has already been constructed. Pre-wiring … [continued]
Fitch Ratings reports net metering has grown at a 46.7% annual rate across America, boosting residential solar systems but threatening to “destabilize” the US power utility industry.
Originally published on ThinkProgress. By Ari Phillips. On Tuesday the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a building code update that will require all new and refurbished homes to have cool roofs, which use sunlight-reflecting materials. Los Angeles is the first major city to require such a measure, which was pushed for … [continued]
Originally published on Cost of Solar. Build It Green, a California-based nonprofit, has created a new home energy calculator that shows you how much greener your home is compared to your average neighbor’s home. It also shows you how much money you save compared to your neighbor. I decided to … [continued]
A new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory shows rooftop solar systems boost home resale values by thousands of dollars per installed capacity.
Paul Scott is one of the standout leaders in the EV revolution. He is the co-founder of the highly regarded organization Plug In America, and he has done a tremendous job hitting the ground to an even greater degree and selling Nissan Leafs at the Nissan of Downtown Los Angeles dealership. … [continued]
Originally published on Cost of Solar. If we saw a headline about a man or woman winning $34,260 in a lottery and then deciding not to claim it, I think the story would get most of us to click through, read on, and drop our jaw in disbelief as we … [continued]
The US solar energy industry installed a record-setting 930MW of photovoltaic panels in 3Q 2013, passing 10GW total installed capacity – enough to power 1.7 million homes.
