Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Going Solar?

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

You guys have EBMUD, don't you? Ask them if they have a program in place for
buying back solar power.

We have a several cells on our commonhouse roof(the only roof that has
enough uninterrupted space) that was installed for free by SMUD. It
generates power for them, cools our roof, and we pay them a small fee every
month(I think it's $3). In return, we own the units after ten years and get
to sell the power back to them at that time. Individuals have discussed
putting solar water heaters on our roofs, but haven't done it yet. This
program was perfect for us, because we didn't have to do any work.

--
Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento, California

tamgoddess [at] home.com
http://members.home.net/southsideparkcohousing

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>From: Phil Ferrante-Roseberry <phil [at] compumentor.org>
>To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
>Subject: [C-L]_Going Solar?
>Date: Tue, May 1, 2001, 6:00 PM
>

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have experience they'd be willing to share on using solar
> power in coho? About 10 of our households share a continuous, one
> block long sunny roof with the common house, and so we've begun
> discussing installing solar across the whole thing and piping it into
> the common house's electrical circuit, which would almost certainly
> 'run the meter backwards' and generate a revenue stream.
>
> But what we know at this point is massively outweighed by what we
> don't know. We need to come up to speed on the technology, costs,
> financing options, projected break-even point, and countless other
> things. If anyone can offer some advice or referrals, feel free to
> either contact me directly (phil [at] compumentor.org) or send general
> impressions to the list.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Phil Ferrante-Roseberry at Swan's Market Cohousing in Oakland, CA,
> where we recently celebrated our first anniversary of move-in!!!
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