Under California’s Assembly Bill (AB) 1969 and Senate Bill (SB) 380, as implemented by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Southern California Edison Company (SCE) will purchase power from SCE retail customers who own and operate an eligible renewable generator with a total effective generation capacity of not more than 1.5 megawatts (MW). The CPUC [...]
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February 4, 2011 – 10:09 am
The Department of Energy and Bureau of Land Management have announced a public meeting on renewable energy development in eastern Riverside County at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort, 44-600 Indian Wells Lane, Indian Wells.
The meeting will begin with an open house at 6 p.m.
It is one of 14 public forums [...]
February 3, 2011 – 11:35 am
Los Angeles, Ca - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa celebrated an environmental milestone on Thursday, confirming what had been predicted for much of last year: the Department of Water and Power managed to secure 20% of its power from renewable sources, including wind and solar power, in 2010.
Villaraigosa promised to reach that goal during the [...]
January 24, 2011 – 12:03 pm
Late yesterday evening, Senator Baucus unveiled a version of the “Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Jobs Creation Act of 2010″ (the “Bill”). Section 707 of the Bill contains a one-year extension of the Section 1603 Treasury Grant program enacted under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Accordingly, the Bill, if enacted, would [...]
The Southern California Edison (SCE) $3.2 million Commercial Solar Rebate program is five years ahead of schedule and ending soon. The rebate program started in 2009, and was designed to expire in 2017. Business owners in SCE territory rushed to take advantage of the incredible utility rebates and tax incentives for going solar. As a [...]
A home with solar will sell twice as quickly as a home without solar. The reason? Because solar panels cut down a home’s overall electric bills, and that translates into higher value.
April 26, 2010 – 12:07 pm
AB 920 requires the California Public Utilities Commission to adopt a price by January 1, 2011 and CalSEIA commissioned an economist to evaluate the range of pricing that SB 32 would authorize for the Feed in Tariff.
Solar Electrical Systems of Westlake Village, CA, installed a solar electrical system on the Irvine Inn, an affordable housing apartment building in Orange County, CA. The Irvine Inn is Southern California’s first affordable housing project to go solar as part of the California Solar Initiative’s MASH (Multifamily Affordable Solar Housing) program.
Irvine Inn’s owners were [...]
Source: Solar Energy Industries Association www.seia.org.
Industry and Environmental Leaders Share Upbeat Outlook for Utility-Scale Market
WASHINGTON, DC – The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today released new national polling data showing that 75 percent of those surveyed support the development of solar energy plants on public lands. The poll was conducted by Gotham Research Group. Solar [...]
Source: Source: LA Business Journal – 3/16/10
By JOEL RUSSELL
Los Angeles Business Journal Staff
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday announced a carbon reduction surcharge that will be added to electricity bills issued by the city’s Department of Water and Power.
The surcharge will increase the average ratepayer bill by less than $2.50, the city estimates. [...]