SB: FW: Solar Ideas - long but hopefully informative

[Andreas Georgiades <AGeorgiades@Gain.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From:	Fred Chambers [SMTP:regenerative@earthlink.net]
<mailto:[SMTP:regenerative@earthlink.net]> 
Sent:	Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:19 AM
To:	Andreas Georgiades
Subject:	RE: Solar Ideas - long but hopefully informative 


Good morning,

I don't know about AZ.   The power crisis in CA is *NOT* just a local thing.
It will spread east.  Maybe some smart AZ programs exist.   OH ya, it was a
federal thing, I think.  President Clinton wanted to see a Million Solar
Homes....
Post your question on the sb list.  I know Bill and Athena Steen and Motts
and Judy etc should know about the programs for your state.
Fred
http://www.csupomona.edu/~crs <http://www.csupomona.edu/~crs> 



At 08:35 AM 1/30/01 -0700, Andreas Georgiades wrote:
	>wow! I wonder if AZ has such a wonderful incentive program...
	>
	>On Tuesday, January 30, 2001 12:12 AM, Fred Chambers
	>[SMTP:regenerative@earthlink.net]
<mailto:[SMTP:regenerative@earthlink.net]>  wrote:
		> >
		> > From:	Mark von Wodtke <mjvonwodtke@csupomona.edu
<mailto:mjvonwodtke@csupomona.edu> >
		> >
		> > Andreas,
		> >
		> > The California Energy Commission has a buydown program
that provides a
		> > grant for half to cost of a PV installation or up to
$3000 dollars per
		> > watt.  Los Angeles Power and Water and Sacramento
Municipal Utility
		> > District have buy down programs that are even more
generous.  Given this
		> > funding and the current cost of "green" electricity, the
payback period is
		> > considerable shorter than what you have calculated.  In
fact, the return
	>on
		> > this investment is becoming better than savings bonds
and more secure than
		> > .com stock.  It should be possible to borrow money to
purchase a PV system
		> > and pay the loan off with money you would otherwise
spend on imported
		> > fossel fuels that produce greenhouse gases.  Better yet,
your money would
		> > support a growing renewable energy industry and you
would be assured to
		> > have electrical power.
		> >
		> > Mark von Wodtke
		> >
		> >
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