by admin | Sep 26, 2012 | LA City Council, LA Times, LADWP, LADWP rate increase, rate hike, renewable energy, Solar, Solar contractor, solar lease, solar panel installer, SunPower
They’re at it again. LADWP is raising electricity rates 11.1% over the next two years, unless the LA City Council votes against the hikes, which they won’t. After internal LADWP approval, endorsement from the LADWP Rate Payer Advocacy Group, and now tentative backing...
by admin | Jul 27, 2012 | batter backup, germany, Green energy, photovoltaic, renewable energy, Solar contractor, solar forward, solar incentive, solar lease, Solar Los Angeles, solar rebate, SunPower
In the golden state, solar is booming with over one gigawatt of rooftop solar installed. Still, many of us Californians are frustrated with solar – frustrated there is not more of it. We shouldn’t stop at frustration. We should be outraged. Greedy utility companies,...
by admin | May 24, 2012 | Green energy, photovoltaic, PV, renewable energy, Solar, solar forward, solar hot water, solar lease, Solar Los Angeles, solar rebate, Solar Santa Monica, SunPower, sustainability, wind and solar
Combine solar permitting bureaucracy and a no nonsense Solar Forward employee, and the result is a frustrated (and illustrating) work of art. See creation above. Gaining a permit may be the most cumbersome step involved in solar. As city departments acclimate to the...
by admin | Apr 28, 2012 | Chinese panels, green, marketing, PV, renewable energy, roof, Solar, solar electric, solar hot water, solar lease, solar panels, SunPower, sustainable, yelp
What could a solar company offer you to sweeten the deal? How about throwing in an iPad or cash gift for signing a lease contract? The Solar market out there is competitive. And with competition comes sneaky marketing. Incentives like a free iPad or cash-back to...
by admin | Apr 13, 2012 | monopoly, Solar, solar lease, solar panel, sun, utilities, utility
Back in 1880 a new company called AT&T grew out of the work of Alexander Graham Bell. For almost 100 years it maintained a monopoly over telephonic communication lines until the federal government used antitrust laws to break up AT&T. Technology matured and...
by admin | Mar 17, 2012 | grid, NEM, net energy metering, power, shop local, Solar, solar lease, solar panel, sun, utility
Shop Local… for Energy You have heard the term “buy local”, but we’re not talking about vegetables this time.Like locally grown carrots, solar energy produced by your neighbor is far more efficient when you cut out the economic and environmental costs of...
