People are starting to wake up as the solar sun rises above their horizon.
This could be the year the Georgia legislature finally passes a bill
to amend the law that inhibits solar financing.
Even the City of Valdosta seems suddenly interested in helping with that.
Michael Caputo and Grant Blankenship, GPB, 12 December 2014,
(VIDEO) Will Solar Power’s Surge in Georgia Make It To Homeowners?,
Early adopter Creighton Rosental of Macon is what you’d call a solar
pioneer. The early adopter said that he had the 4-kilowatt panels
installed on the backyard side of his roof about five years ago.
Two-thirds of the upfront cost—about $30,000—was covered
by a federal tax credit and a Georgia state credit.
“They built a frame and mounted it to the roof, which was a
substantial fairly substantial enterprise.” Rosental said.
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…the solar-EV combo may just be too good for suburbanites to pass up — no matter their political ideology. Strikingly, the new paper estimates that for a household that buys an electric vehicle and also owns a solar panel system generating enough power for both the home and the electric car, the monthly cost might be just $89 per month — compared with $255 per month for a household driving a regular car without any solar panels.
