1BOG featured on c|net news!! “Solar grants to sweeten San Francisco for ‘green’ start-ups by Elsa Wenzel

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1BOG.org makes the news on c|net, check out the article by Elsa Wenzel. (reprinted here)

“Over the next decade, between $3,000 to $6,000 will be available to each homeowner to cover the installation of solar panels, as well as $10,000 for businesses and nonprofits, and $30,000 for nonprofit affordable housing.” “The subsidies would support some 50 megawatts of solar power across 10,000 buildings.”

“Sylvia Ventura, whose condominium has 2.5 kilowatts of rooftop photovoltaics … foresees a “feeding frenzy” among solar installers and start-ups that could confuse consumers.” “Ventura wants communities to harness collective bargaining power to further lower residential solar setup costs. She and husband, Dan Barahona, launched One Block Off the Grid, a grassroots effort aiming to coordinate additional, privately funded subsidies for enough homeowners to make up the equivalent of a city block.”