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| What
you should know before Hiring a Contractor (California
Contractor State Licensing Board) go
here |
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| Contractor
License Status Check (CSLB) go
here |
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 Federal
Tax Credit for Commercial Solar Systems (10% credit
+ 5yr accelerated depreciation) Year
2006 forms
& guide posted here.[Form 3468 Investment Credit, f3800
General Business Credit]
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| California
State Solar Income Tax Form YR 2006-
for Both Residential and Commercial PV systems up to 200 kW
in size. 7.5% of the Net cost. [ FTB Form 3508] |
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| Solar
for Planned Communities - Rights for Residents of Home Owner
Assocations. |
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| Installation
Protocols for New Home Builders - Photovoltaics (Consol/Endecon)
- (6/01) |
Intro
14kb
Background
75kb
Scope
of Work 24kb
Checklist
69kb
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| A
Guide to Photovoltaic (PV) System Design and Installation -
Gridtied systems CEC/Endecon 9/01 |
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| California
Solar Rights Act of 1978- California Civil Code 714 prohibiting
restrictions on the installation of solar energy systems. [new
link] |
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California
Renewable Energy Programs
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| CEC
Guidebook for Emerging Renewables Account Version posted
January 2006 - includes program details for the PV Rebate program
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| CEC
PIER 5 yr Plan 2002-2006 (2/01) |
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| CEC
Renewable Energy Investment Plan - provides guidlines for
Program 2002-2006 - adopted by CEC on 6/13/2001 Supporting information
found here
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| Clean
Energy Funds: An Overview of State Support for Renewable Energy
- A newly-released report from the Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory (LBNL) summarizes and analyzes the 14 state systems-benefits
charges (SBC) that support renewable energy programs, finding
that the funds could encourage more than 1,000 MW of new renewable
capacity in the next few years. (04/01) |
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Facts
& Figures
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| Map
of California Utilities html |
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| Map
of California Electric Transmission Grid html |
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| Map
of California Electricity Markets - contains market data
on both generation and consumption html |
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| California
Wind Resource Map html |
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| California
Solar Resources Maps html |
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| California
Electricity Profile (EIA 8/00) |
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Annual
Solar Thermal & Photovoltaic Manufacturing Activities
Tables (Energy Information Agency) 2000 - US
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Research/Studies
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The Renewable
Energy Solution to California's Energy Crisis - Brochure
- Report to follow. (REPP-CREST Summer 2001)
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| Affordable,
Reliable Renewables - The Pathway to California's Sustainable
Energy Future (CalPIRG July 2001) |
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| Photovoltaic
Economics & Markets - Sacramento Municipal Utility District
as a case study (Wenger et.al, 9/96) |
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Transforming
the Market for Solar Water Heaters: A New Model to Build
a Permanent Sales Force (Hoffman et .al REPP/CREST, 8/98
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| California
Energy Crisis - Causes and Recommended Solutions - (Tom
Hoff, Clean Power Research 01/01) |
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| California
Natural Gas Analysis & Issues (CEC 11/00) |
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| Edison
Technology Solutions (ETS): Final report for the Solar Two
project ('Power Tower') (10/99) o Appendix I: Solar Two Test
and Evaluation Plan, Volume I and II |
Final
Report(html)
4.0MB
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ETS: Final
report for the Photovoltaics project, (8/99). Evaluation
of 12 PV systems in Southern California, including Santa Monica
Pier Ferris Wheel, schools, residential, etc.
o Appendix I: Site Power Production Data Summary Reports for
12 Systems |
Final
Report(html)
2.8
MB
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SDG&E:
Final report for the Photovoltaic Chargeport Demonstration.
(10/99).
Appendix I: Paragon Performance Monitoring and Analysis Report |
Final
Report html
1.5
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| Photovoltaic
Performance Database - available from IEA Task 2 group -
represents 260 system in 9 countries. FREE
download(html). Also available on CD. (11/01) |
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Net
Metering and Interconnection Documents
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| Net
Metering Tariff - Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) |
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| Net
Metering Tariff - Southern California Edison (SCE) |
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| Net
Metering Tariff -San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Small
Commercial |
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| Net
Metering Tariff -(SDG&E), Residential |
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| Net
Metering Tariff -(SDG&E), Residential Time-of Use |
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