by admin | Oct 3, 2012 | Barry Commoner, clean energy, climate change, electricity, fossil fuels, global warming, iPhone 5 sales, NY Times, Solar, solar panel installer, SunPower
At its core, Solar Forward is driven by environmentalist principles. Yes, we love to save our clients money and keep ourselves afloat, but the company was founded out of a desire to preserve and better the world around us. Before establishing Solar Forward in 2005,...
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 | 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 | 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,...
