Saturday, March 22, 2008

Only 10 Days Left, 5 Families Going Solar!

We're in the last days of the Foster City Solar Community Program, after March 31st it will cost more to go solar. I'm happy to say that 5 families have signed up to make a difference towards energy sustainability--that's more than half of all the people who went solar in Foster City in all of last year!

If you've been thinking about owning your electric power instead of renting it your whole life, if you want to do something that helps our future starting today, if you want to help protect yourself from rising energy costs, be ready when plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars arrive, and enhance the value of your home, this is the time to Go Solar!

Solar power is the only major home improvement item that makes money every day, it helps give you control of your own energy self-sufficiency and it just plain makes you feel good! Be part of the solution, Go Solar!!

Monday, March 3, 2008

Last Month for Solar Discounts!

We are less than a month away from the end of the Foster City Solar Community Program, the state rebate is going down soon and the solar purchase discount program will be over on March 31 for our city.

We just received our PG&E electric statement, the fourth month of going solar at our house. November through February electric charges have averaged $85 per month, that's down from an average of $222 per month prior to going solar. So, we have saved $137 per month in the worst winter months for sun! I'm really looking forward to the spring and summer months of sun, where we expect to save well over $150 per month, or a total of $2000 a year.....that's every year for the next 40 years or more, and only if electric rates stay the same as today--which of course won't happen. The reality is, we're going to save more and more money every year, this decade, the next decade and the next decade and beyond, because solar panels keep going and going and going, just like the Energizer Bunny makes power!

If you're spending $150 or more per month on electricity, you owe it to yourself, and your family to attend one of the last two free solar seminars, Wednesday, March 5 and Thursday, March 20. What have you got to lose, except our planet?