All Posts Tagged With: "solar rebates"

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Will PACE Make a Comeback?

The Property Assessed Clean Energy program, which held so much promise for helping homeowners finance solar and efficiency improvements, may be resurrected. If passed, the PACE Protection Act of 2011 would override actions taken by semi-public federal mortgage lenders, which effectively killed the program.

26Jul2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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GEO Weighs in on Xcel’s Solar Incentives Cut

UPDATE: Xcel Energy has temporarily stopped taking applications for its solar rebate program for homes and businesses in Colorado. This follows the rebate reduction announced this week for small-scale customer-owned PV systems from $2.35 per watt to $2.01 per watt.

18Feb2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Xcel Energy Cuts Solar Incentives –Effective Immediately

To solar installers in Xcel Energy’s territory, the move was a punch to their collective gut. This move will “fundamentally destabilize the marketplace,” said Neal Lurie, executive director of the Colorado Solar Industries Association. The state’s largest utility, however, sees it as a sound market-driven decision.

18Feb2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Xcel Proposes Changes to Solar Rebate Program

If approved by the state PUC, the change would enable third party companies to access the rebate money from the Solar*Rewards program, not just property owners. The goal is to make it easier for more solar panels to be installed on homeowners’ roofs in the state, without consumers being required to shell out big money upfront for their systems.

1Sep2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Wind Lags in Colorado for Small-Scale Power Generation

Vestas Wind Systems has garnered plenty of attention, but that’s big business according to Martin, who deals with small businesses, homes and farms. As hot as the idea of harvesting wind has been lately, the industry is far from eclipsing the popularity of solar power. “Solar is definitely more mature, more organized.”

24Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Standard Renewable Energy Offers
“Instant Rebate” Program

Combined with the 30 percent federal tax credit and a rebate from Xcel Energy, the Instant Rebate will enable Colorado customers to save big on a solar panel system throughout the entire month of August, according to SRE.

3Aug2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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State Senate Passes Jobs Bill Supporters Say Will Help Finance Renewable Energy Upgrades

The bill will also generate millions of dollars in investment to Colorado by attracting investment capital and renewable energy firms, according to its sponsor, Senator Morgan Carroll, Democrat of Aurora.

5Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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SEIA Sees Promise of More Jobs in Stimulus Signing

The solar energy provisions in this bill will help create 60,000 jobs in the solar industry in 2009 alone and a total of 110,000 over the next two years, SEIA president and CEO, Rhone Resch, stated.

18Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued


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