Great solar policy is just as important as great solar technology. Obviously we need the technologies for these products — but we also...

The electric utility industry is undergoing rapid change. There used to be two types of utilities: investor owned utilities (IOUs, such...

Rooftop solar is expensive Electric cars are cheaper than gas cars Buying new energy saving appliances saves money Utility companies are...

This week’s show is about TAXES! I know, try to contain your excitement. It’s been 32 years since President Reagan pushed through the...

Home energy efficiency has steadily improved over the millenia. Luckily we no longer have to sleep on the ground in a smoke-filled cave –...

Find an installer who has been in business for 5+ years and uses their own installation crews (not subcontractors). You get what you pay...

The solar industry is one of our most obvious success stories. Our industry directly employs 261,000 people. We generate energy that is...

At the center of our solar system, approximately 92.96 million miles away, is a nuclear power plant capable of powering the entire globe....

About 50% of U.S. residents are not great candidates for rooftop solar. They may live in an apartment, they may have a very shaded roof,...

We celebrated a milestone recently. Over one million homeowners have solar. It took 62 years, from 1954 to 2016, to get to this point....

Computer devices used 66 watts: printer, cable modem, multiple wireless routers, laptop charger, mini-speaker Communications used 16...

Fireplaces and chimneys have been part of every home and shelter ever since primitive man poked holes in the tops of their caves to let...

If you are on the current E-6 TOU rate you don’t need to do anything. This E-6 rate is currently slated to stay in place until 2020 or...

After driving a diesel truck for the last month and a half it is my opinion that the diesels are dead. Mercedes’ BlueTec clean diesel...

Over the past few months you may have seen or heard a continuous stream of ads warning about the imminent demise of solar incentives,...

If only all our New Year’s Resolution were this easy. Luckily, saving energy is easier than losing weight after gorging over the...

Whenever I land in a city I can’t help noticing how few — if any — commercial rooftops have solar panels. Historically, there have been...

$400 billion dollars. That’s how much money is spent every year on electricity in the U.S. It’s a huge industry. But not for long,...

$0.25/kwh – what a typical California homeowner pays for electricity (based on current PG&E rates at the U.S. average of 12,000 kwh/yr)...

The oldest, biggest and most efficient solar application is heating water. Solar hot water systems have been around in one way or another...