Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today called on Californians to harness more solar power.
“There should be no rooftop in California without a solar panel,” Schwarzenegger told an audience in San Jose during a Q&A session at SolarTech, an initiative by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and the California Solar Energy Industries Association’s (CALSEIA) inaugural Solar Summit.
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The fate of the Waxman-Markey energy bill will likely be decided by House members like Rep. Gene Green, an Oil Patch Democrat from Texas. Together with more conservative Blue Dog Dems, and one Republican, Green is one of a dozen members of the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment who have not declared for… »

One of the largest incentives to “go solar” is probably the least known.
The Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) isn’t a cash-to-buy program. In fact, it doesn’t even involve consumers — at least not directly. Still, depending on where you live, the RPS program can cut your up-front cost of installing solar panels by thousands of dollars.
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