Thursday, June 12, 2008

Cities Lead the Way

From the San Francisco Chronicle comes news that the Board of Supervisros (our version of a City Council) OK rebates for solar power systems -

San Francisco supervisors gave final approval Tuesday to a program that will create a $3 million fund to provide rebates for residents and businesses that install solar power systems.

... residents could receive between $3,000 and $6,000 for photovoltaic systems that produce at least 1 kilowatt of electricity. Businesses could receive $1,500 per kilowatt installed, with a cap of $10,000.


Well, its a start. How much of a start? Between 500 and 1,000 houses would eat the entire subsidy up. Only 345,527 houses left!

By the way, the $3,000 subsidy is .4% of the value of the house.

Good start, but the wrong end of the funnel.

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