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 | Sep 17, 2012 | battery back-up, edison, no electricity, power outage, santa monica, SCE, Solar, solar panel installer, Southern California Edison, SunPower
Word on the street is the power is out, but here at the Solar Forward office, we had no clue. At approximately 11:17am this morning, Santa Monica residents in the Sunset Park neighborhood lost power. At the same moment, Solar Forward’s Outback Power battery back-up...
by admin | Aug 31, 2012 | electricity, global warming, Green energy, hottest summer, LADWP, Los Angeles City Council, Solar, Solar contractor, solar inspector, solar panel, SunPower
The LADWP solar program has deteriorated into chaos. New applications into LADWP for solar are experiencing over two month delays! Solar contractors and homeowners are being held captive by the utility. Until given the go ahead by LADWP, we are unable to move...
by admin | Aug 16, 2012 | climate change, edison, heat wave, hottest summer, LADWP, obama, record temperature, Solar, Solar contractor, solar rebate
The act that granted the right to interconnect solar systems with the power grid is called PURPA. It was passed by Congress in 1978. Solar Forward installed its first grid-tied solar system in Los Angeles in 2005. Solar is not new. So why now, in 2012, do utility...
by admin | Jul 31, 2012 | driving on the sun, electric vehicle, EV + PV, EVSE, Los Angeles Times, PHEV, PHV, plug-in hybrids, Solar, Solar contractor, solar hot water, SunPower
If you’re anything like us, you may also feel the end of the world is just around one very hot corner. Seeing America’s infrastructure snapunder rising temperatures is terrifying. Tailpipe emissions account for one-fifth of worldwide carbon emissions. Ideally, we...
by admin | Jun 14, 2012 | clean energy, Feed-in Tariff, Governor Brown, Green energy, LADWP, LOS ANGELES, renewable energy, Solar, solar forward, unleash solar
From Obama, to Brown, to Villaraigosa, everyone has a plan to wean us off fossil fuels. Elections are near, but are we any closer to the renewable energy goals mandated by our political leaders? We’re talking the green talk, but are we walking the green walk?...
