Save More with Solar: 30% Tax Credit + 3CE Battery Rebate
If you’ve been considering going solar, 2025 is an excellent time to take the plunge. A couple of solar energy incentives are available that significantly reduce your installation costs, boosting your return on investment. The 30% federal solar credit in 2025 allows...
Save More with Solar: 30% Tax Credit + 3CE Battery Rebate
A couple of solar energy incentives are available for Central Coast residents that significantly reduce your installation costs, boosting your return on investment.
Making the Switch to Silicon Valley Clean Energy
What is Silicon Valley Power? Twelve communities in Santa Clara County have formed a new community-owned agency to provide electricity to consumers. This new public entity is called Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) and it works in partnership with PG&E who will...
Read This Before You Choose a Roofer to Install Solar
Would you hire a gardener if you wanted to build a house? If you needed plumbing, would you call an interior decorator? These questions may sound inane, but it’s not much different than hiring a roofer to put solar on your home. Roofers across the U.S. are looking to...
Making Sense of Your Annual PG&E Bill After Going Solar: True-Up Breakdown
Going solar fundamentally changes a homeowner’s relationship with PG&E or local utility provider. When a homeowner goes solar, PG&E expects electricity costs to go down so much that they will only bill once per year for electricity. The annual bill, known as a...
10 Questions to Ask Every Solar Company
It is no secret that the solar industry is growing rapidly. It seems like every week a new business begins to offer solar services! With such a variety of companies, it can be difficult for a homeowner to decide whom to hire. Greentech Media, a solar news and research...
Financing Your Solar Purchase
In previous posts I covered the basics of PG&E billing and how aspects of your home such as roof material, size, and sun exposure impact solar installations. This article will focus on the way homeowners across California are paying for their solar systems. First,...
PG&E and Your Home
PG&E is our local utility. It provides natural gas and electricity for businesses and residents throughout the Central Coast. Since solar PV impacts electricity bills, I will be focusing in on electricity and how you buy it from PG&E. Electricity PG&E...
PG&E has Raised Rates, Again
PG&E has Raised Rates, Again by David Stearns PG&E has raised rates yet again. Customers will be paying nearly $100 a year more after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved new rate hikes. Average households will pay $7.50 more per month...
Local Food Local Power
Local Food Local Power by David Stearns What do organic vegetables, hormone free meats, and local solar power have in common? They’re all available at New Leaf Community Markets because New Leaf customers understand the importance of responsibly produced products. New...
Another Happy Monterey Bay Client
Solar Savings and PG&E's True-Up Billing It has been 12-months since we installed a solar system for one of our local solar power clients. This is what taking control of your energy future looks like, PG&E owing you for the clean power produced by your...
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