“California Solar Initiative (CSI) – Go Solar California.” California Solar
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http://www.gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov/csi/index.php
The state of California is offering money to families that want to start using solar power in their homes. To qualify you need to get an energy audit and replace old and wasteful appliances and systems with newer more energy efficient systems. Your roof also needs to have a minimum level of sunlight daily hitting it in order to qualify for this offer. However the cost of the changes you have to make is almost always paid back many times over by energy cost reductions and the government money.
This is of huge importance to many for whom the up front payment is far too large to be conceivably payable. Many people know that in the long run their solar panels will pay for themselves in time but a twenty year turnover is too daunting for many people. Now with the slowly falling prices of solar panels and this and other similar programs that problem is slowly being resolved. With ever decreasing prices it may soon become easier to solely rely on solar energy than any other source.
This is a great idea. Is it going to be extended to other sustainable practices or just solar power?
This is a tremendous feat for the solar energy business. Now that solar panels are becoming more easily accessible, do you think more people will begin to get solar panels? Is this just being offered for residents of California?
This is a great article as I wasn’t aware of the qualifications that are needed to be met in order to posses such solar panels. Do you think that in certain places such as Oregon, that they won’t allow for solar energy due to the inpredictabilty of the of sun being shown?