Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing helps property owners that want solar but can’t afford the initial costs. PACE financing pays for 100% of the costs and allows up to 20 years to pay it back with low interest rates. If you want solar for your home, agriculture, hotel, retail, industrial, non-profit, PACE can [...]
It is good to be energy efficient. However, in off-grid PV systems, being energy efficient is a requirement. Here are a few things you can do to limit your energy usage and get more out of your off-grid PV system. Installing Solatubes skylights can reduce your electricity usage by allowing you to turn your lights [...]
If you are interested in adding a PV system to your business or home and want to enroll in the NEM program, you should start your paperwork now. NEM 2.0 is going to bring some big changes. The NEM Program, which allows residential, commercial, and agricultural customers to install and interconnect a renewable generator [...]
Read this feature article written about us in Upgraded Living. There’s nothing we enjoy more at Upgraded Living than watching a homegrown business take flight, and we’ve had the distinct pleasure of watching Sean McCreary and his company Urban Design Solar, do just that over the past year. Having built some [...]
Action News Now published an article about PACE financing. Our own Sean McCreary was interviewed for the article. Read Original Low income and middle class families who may not have been able to afford solar energy systems may now be able to take their homes off the grid thanks to a new [...]
You can read all about why Armstrong Cabinets went solar and how their experience working with us. Originally published in Upgraded Living. A biology major and chemistry minor at Chico State, Scott Armstrong had aspirations to use what he had learned to pursue a career either in ecology or with [...]
The US is getting rid of dirty energy and going green. There are now one million solar installations nationwide in both the commercial and private sectors. A large part of this huge boom is due to technology companies embracing clean energy. Benefits of going green It’s good for the planet, but there are also monetary benefits. Homes [...]
Our latest feature "Star Liquors goes green" in Upgraded Living is out! Back in December 2015, we installed solar panels on the Star Liquors roof. Because they went solar, they save $1,800 a month. You can read all about their experience working with us and going solar. As one of the [...]
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted 3-2 on January 28th to adopt a modified Proposed Decision (PD) for the Net Energy Metering (NEM) successor tariff, known as NEM 2.0. The NEM Program has a megawatt (MW) limit set at 5% of PG&E’s highest aggregated customer peak demand which is 2,409 MW, which is based [...]
Our project with Skyway Tools was featured in Upgraded Living. Read about how we helped them install solar panels and save their business money. We can do the same for you. Read the article below. Doug Gillis met Sherry in 1989, three short years after opening Skyway Tools in Chico. Doug asked her out on [...]