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PG&E has Raised Rates, Again
Customers will be paying nearly $100 a year more after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved new rate hikes
Solar Equipment Prices Have Hit Bottom!!!
Solar PV cells in cost per watt have have decreased 99.5% since 1977
Local Solar Enconomic Impact Report – January to June 2014
Allterra Solar spent $0.975 Million locally so far in 2014
German solar power production in June equals 20 nuclear power plants!!
20 nuclear power plants worth the energy produced with solar PV in Germany, a region with worse weather and sun exposure than Alaska
Human Activity “Unequivocally” Causing Climate Change
New IPCC report outlines volatile future for agriculture, infrastructure, and coastal communities…
Allterra Solar Partners with Santa Cruz Warriors
Allterra Solar Announced as Official Sustainability Partner of NBA D-League Santa Cruz Warriors….
Local Food Local Power
New Leaf Community Markets and Allterra Solar’s “Groceries and a Gift,” campaign is only six months old but …
Local Solar Power Economic Impact Report for 2013
Allterra invested nearly $1.6 Million into the local economy through staff payrolls and expenses to local suppliers, vendors…
Allterra Solar v. New Leaf Hardwood Classic
Join us for the New Leaf vs. Allterra Celebrity Hardwood Classic on December 15th…
Explosion of Solar is Scaring Big Utilities
The explosion of solar is scaring big utilities like PG&E, and they are organizing to try to undermine distributed solar energy…
Solar Tipping Point Has Been Reached
Wow, 75% of U.S. solar installs were completed in the last 2.5 years! Solar is growing at an exponential rate…
New Solar Technology May Help Energy and Food Production
The idea that solar PV can work with plants flourishing beneath it has great potential…
Another Happy Monterey Bay Client
Another happy Santa Cruz solar client that PG&E owes…
Allterra Solar’s Semi-Annual Economic Report – 2013
Allterra Solar spent $612,497 locally in the first half of 2013…
Second Harvest Food Bank Partnership
Allterra Solar’s commitment to contributing to a vibrant, healthy, and sustainable community…
Climate Change and Obama
It finally happened! Obama put Environment on the agenda…
Electric Vehicle Use Rising
As more people embrace the future and purchase EVs we will see more charging units at restaurants and…
Can Solar Loans Slow the Surge of Leases
Around 80 percent of consumers choose to own their car rather than lease, solar is better to own…