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California wants the sun to power homes during the day and night. California wants the sun to power homes day and night.
With a measure signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last week, the state has allocated an additional $800 million for energy storage to capture electricity generated by solar panels during daylight hours to help keep the lights on after the sun goes down. With a measure signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the state has made a new commitment of $800 million for clean-energy technologies including home storage. The goal is to capture electricity generated by solar panels during daylight hours to help keep the lights on after the sun goes down.
The funds increase the pool of money in the Self-Generation Incentive Program to more than $1 billion. The rebate money, now available just for energy storage rather than other purchases like solar panels, can be used for residential and commercial systems, including for schools, farms and businesses. The funds increase the state incentives set aside for energy storage to more than $1 billion. The rebate money can be used for residential and commercial systems, including for schools, farms and businesses.
“We want to make sure that everyone who has rooftop solar also has an energy storage system,” said State Senator Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat who sponsored the bill. “Once you have a rebate program that the industry knows is stable for a number of years, the industry will invest and innovate.” “We want to make sure that everyone who has rooftop solar also has an energy storage system,” said State Senator Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat who sponsored the bill. “Once you have a rebate program that the industry knows is table for a number of years, the industry will invest and innovate.”
Homeowners can expect to pay about $4,500 for the typical installed battery system after the $3,500 state rebate and a $2,000 federal tax credit currently in place through the end of 2019. About a third of the money has been prioritized for low-income people. According to the California Solar and Storage Association, a trade group,
homeowners can expect to pay about $4,500 for the typical installed battery system. That figure is the out-of-pocket cost after a $3,500 state rebate and a federal tax credit worth $2,000.
About a third of the money has been set aside for low-income people to claim first.
The state funds the incentive program with a fee of about 50 cents a month added to utility customers’ bills.The state funds the incentive program with a fee of about 50 cents a month added to utility customers’ bills.
The rebate offer follows Governor Brown’s recent signing of another bill that mandates 100 percent carbon-free electricity in California by 2045. The effort to increase storage is seen as a critical step in reaching the state’s carbon-free goals. The rebate offer follows Mr. Brown’s recent signing of another bill that mandates 100 percent carbon-free electricity in California by 2045. The effort to increase storage is seen as a critical step in reaching the carbon-free goals.
“This is a classic California nuts-and-bolts policy of how to build the dream,” said Bernadette Del Chiaro, executive director of the California Solar and Storage Association. “This is a classic California nuts-and-bolts policy of how to build the dream,” said Bernadette Del Chiaro, executive director of the trade group.
Read here about five takeaways from Gov. Jerry Brown’s last bill signing session.Read here about five takeaways from Gov. Jerry Brown’s last bill signing session.
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A trip down Highway 1 meant self-discovery and a search through memory for a travel writer, whose drive down the coast was marked by childhood scenes and a renewed sense of self.A trip down Highway 1 meant self-discovery and a search through memory for a travel writer, whose drive down the coast was marked by childhood scenes and a renewed sense of self.
“It wasn’t that I was looking to reclaim the highway, or the state, when I embarked on the trip,” Mac McClelland writes. “I didn’t have a strict agenda. I was open, as one needs to be here, to where I would end up.”“It wasn’t that I was looking to reclaim the highway, or the state, when I embarked on the trip,” Mac McClelland writes. “I didn’t have a strict agenda. I was open, as one needs to be here, to where I would end up.”
And California turned out to be a sanctuary, too. The 659 miles of highway are dynamic and complicated, a winding and sharp reminder that you don’t have to be born someplace for it to be home.And California turned out to be a sanctuary, too. The 659 miles of highway are dynamic and complicated, a winding and sharp reminder that you don’t have to be born someplace for it to be home.
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