UPDATE: The deadline for signing up for the E-6 rate schedule has been extended to May 31. E-6 remains the best rate schedule for solar customers. If you already have solar, or are in the process of installing, make sure…
If you Google "PG&E Rate Increase," you will find a single article from December 2015, that reports on a 7% rate increase beginning in January 2016. If that was the whole picture, it would be a minor thing, and mostly in line…
Most people rarely notice what PG&E is up to. In this case, the company is making a number of changes to their rate schedules. None of these changes are particularly good for you, the energy customer. First, the E-7 rate schedule, which…
People still have a tendency to think of solar as alternative energy. Yet today, there is nothing alternative about solar. It is really the energy company that is second choice. By most relevant measures, solar clearly is the first choice in energy for a home…
If you have shopped for a solar PV system, you know that most salespeople will make system size the main focus. The system size will be measured in kiloWatts, most often DC Watts (STC), which is what you get when you…
Have you been thinking about installing solar on your house? Here are some common traps you should be aware of. I spoke with a solar salesperson on the phone, who told me they could get me a solar PV system "for free,"…
