Plan Ahead with Safe Harbor: What Every Business Needs to Know
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is set to bring changes to commercial solar in 2026, introducing new limitations on which products can be used. The good news: projects that begin construction before December 31, 2025, can be safe-harbored under today's more flexible rules—giving you access to the widest range of products and pricing options. Solar continues to be one of the most reliable and profitable investments for businesses. By acting this year, you not only lock in maximum value and tax benefits, but you may also qualify for both Federal and State MACRS depreciation incentives—which can add up to substantial additional savings. In many cases, these [...]
Best solar companies in the Bay Area
The Bay Area is a hot spot for solar energy. With lots of sunshine and new energy plans, many homeowners and businesses are choosing solar power. But with so many solar companies in the Bay Area, how do you choose the right one? This guide aims to help. We've analyzed the best solar companies in the Bay Area, considering factors like experience, reputation, and customer service. We will explore the benefits of using solar energy in the Bay Area. This includes financial help and its good effects on the environment. We will also wrap everything up on why doing your [...]
Happy New (Solar) Year
The sun has set on 2019. You’ve put your 2020 goals to paper (or more realistically, to iPhone Notes app)—and one of them is to become energy independent.
You can’t beat solar. Just ask our customers.
From easy home visits to quick installations and reduced electricity bills, our customers are over the sun about their new solar power systems. The results they see after making the switch are fast and tangible.
Batteries Not Included- Solar Works With Your Utility Not Instead
Two years ago, a solar powered airplane flew around the world. While it didn’t carry passengers apart from the pilots, or even packages, it did send a mega-message about energy: The acquisition, consumption, exhaustion, & celebration of it. Solar Impulse 2 (the name of the plane) paused in Mountain View, California, in April 2016…amid surprisingly little fanfare. However, Google exec Sergey Brin thought it well worth his very valuable while to stand around the runway while pilot Bertrand Piccard circled off the coast waiting for the wind to abate enough to make his landing. No one debates that Google [...]
Up in Flames- Who Pays for PG&E’s Rise from the Ashes?
California’s largest energy provider has come under fire over the fires that devastated the state this year. A barrage of news outlets on the local and national level have placed an alarming amount of blame on PG&E. The purpose of this memo is not to point the finger. The fact remains that someone must now lift a finger- To clean, repair, restore, rehab, renovate, etc., a charred landscape, miles of scorched property, and a shattered public trust. Would you ride the BART if it kept coming off the tracks? This heavy lifting is going to be expensive. Thus the old [...]
Utility Futility- Does Your Commute Compute?
Solar is to your energy costs what commuting is to your earnings. With a bit of math, we work out whether or not our daily drive is worthwhile. For example, let’s say housing two blocks from your job is $3000 a month; the cost of getting there is negligible. You find a comparable living space 80 miles away from your office for $2000 per month. You’re saving $1000 a month, right? Well, you’re adding 2500 miles a month to your vehicle, if you take a couple of Fridays off. That’s 28000 miles’ worth of wear & tear in a [...]
Art, Industry & Energy- Why is the Fiddler on the Roof?
Sunrise, Sunset I don’t usually like musicals, primarily because there’s a deplorable lack of sports in them. So it took some cajoling to get me to watch the ’71 classic ‘Fiddler on the Roof’. It was and remains magnificent. The celebration of life despite its challenges is rarely portrayed so well. And now: With apologies to Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, we offer our rooftop perspective on the long-debated symbolism of the fiddler and his famous song, “Sunrise, Sunset”. The fiddler's day job is installing solar. He was employee of the month at Livermore's Synergy Power twice last year. [...]
Serene Solar- This Won’t Hurt
There’s a British website called Dentalphobia, which is funny for a couple of reasons: 1) That people are so afraid of getting their teeth fixed that a website dedicated to overcoming that fear can fluoride, I mean flourish, and 2) That the site is UK-based, given the unfair British stereotypes pertaining to oral hygiene. Avoiding or neglecting the dentist is understandable, but not prudent. Having a stranger dig around inside our face with sharp metal objects is not a fun prospect for even the most valiant of us. So it was a stroke of genius on someone’s [...]
Ballpark Figures- How Much Does Solar Cost?
In 2016, The Philadelphia Eagles installed 11,000 solar panels at their playing facility, Lincoln Financial Field. They won the Superbowl last year. In 2010, the Golden State Warriors put more than 500 solar panels on top of their practice facility in Oakland. They had a rookie guard that season named Curry. He's worked out well, and the Warriors have won 3 of the last 4 O'Brien Trophies. In 2007, the San Francisco Giants installed nearly 600 solar panels at AT&T Park. Then they won three World Series in seven years. Solar. Winning. Coincidence? No Offseason Baseball, Football, Basketball. Yay [...]
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