SCE Pioneering Rooftop Photovoltaic Power in Game-Changing Solar Energy Effort

The next time you feel the strong ray from the sun know that across the San Bernardino County solar panels on large industrial warehouses are delivering electricity - possibly to your home. Recently, some 26,880 solar panels have been installed at a 1.2 million square foot warehouse structure here owned by Prologis Inc. Southern California Edison officials say this is likely the largest roof-top installation of solar panels in the country. This power plant generates 6 megawatts of electricity, enough to provide the electrical needs of 3,900 homes. Currently SCE has a network of 18 neighborhood solar stations which generate 42.25 megawatts, enough to serve 27,500 homes. Other rooftop powerplants are in Fontana, Chino, Ontario and Redlands. There is one ground solar panel site in the San Joaquin Valley town of Porterville. By the end of 2016, SCE plans to create a network of neighborhood solar power plants like the one in Rialto capable of generating 500 MW of electricity, enough to power 325,000 average homes, said Gil Alexander, a company spokesman. Half of that capacity will come from firms which have developed their own rooftop solar plants, half from SCE-owned plants like those in operation.

"The sun is the ultimate source of energy," said Alfredo Martinez-Morales, managing director of the Southern California Research Initiative for Solar Energy at the University of California, Riverside. "Most of the energy we know as humans came from the sun. As far as we are concerned, the sun will always be there. It is not the perfect solution, but it makes sense for solar to be one of the future ways to power society," he said. SCE has favored San Bernardino County for its company owned installations because of its strong, generally fog-free sunlight and the availability of large warehouses, said Rudy Perez, manager of SCE's solar photovoltaic program. For its rooftop sites, SCE wants buildings 200,000 square feet and up that are less than five years old, so that structurally they can hold the weight of the solar panels, Perez said. The company pays building owners what averages to be $30,000 per megawatt per year, he said.

Major program goals are to drive down the cost of solar panels and engineer new technology so that electrical substations at the neighborhood level can accept power as well as deliver it. After SCE announced it's plan to generate 500 Megawatts with predominately rooftop solar projects, other large investor-owned utilities in the state followed up with similar endeavors. All were motivated by a mandate from the state of California requiring investor-owned utilities to develop one-third of their electrical output from renewable sources by 2020. Currently SCE gets about 19 percent of its electricity from renewable sources - the highest in the nation, Alexander said. Wind power and solar power share both have intermittent production characteristics which can potentially create havoc in the power grid, said Mike Montoya, director of grid advancements for SCE. Natural gas and nuclear powered plants generate steady streams of electricity. Solar and wind plants can rapidly reach strong production levels and just as rapidly drop to almost nothing. New equipment needs to be developed to manage those spikes, Montoya said. Power at the level of the Rialto Prologis rooftop plant are not a threat to the grid. But when SCE starts delivering one-third of its electricity from renewables, the electrical transmission system needs to be a lot different than it is now, Montoya said. At the power grid level that connects individual customers to substations, SCE is looking at three key research and development areas, Montoya said. Creating tools to analyze the impact of adding power to one section of the neighborhood grid. Developing advanced sensors that instantly detect voltage fluctuations and trigger corrective measures. Developing power inverters which won't magnify grid problems.

Solar panels generated direct current, which must be converted into alternating current so it can move in the power grid. The inverters now sold increase voltage when current flow from solar panels decrease, when, for example, a cloud passes overhead. Voltage spikes can damage customers' equipment. SCE is working with manufacturers to create inverters which won't boost voltage levels, Montoya said. SCE plans to open a demonstration center in Irvine in 2014 to showcase technological advancements leading to the two-way grid which can accept large loads of electricity as well as deliver them. Martinez-Morales said that for solar power to become a major power source, better energy storage systems, such as batteries, must be developed. Alexander said that its price also must decrease significantly. While the quest for more solar power and cheaper solar power is noble, not all think it's leading to a solution for the nation's energy challenges. "This is a nice step and it is good that they (SCE) are doing it," said Richard G. Little, director of the Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy at the University of Southern California. "Is it an answer to our energy demand? Not really. The growth of the world's population will outstrip anything we can reasonably produce. At the end of the day, we have not hit on the real solution, if there is one," Little said.

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Powering The Globe: How Solar Power Fits Future Energy Needs

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Despite the solar sector's current worries - such as module oversupply, lack of long-term policy certainty and the ongoing trade conflict with China - the big picture is positive. More and more nations around the world are jumping into project development, and many global trends over the next several years are expected to work in favor of solar energy. As a result, PV and concentrating solar power (CSP) may fulfill as much as 25% of the world's electricity needs by 2050, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The report explains that under energy-projection scenarios that would reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by half from 2005 levels, renewables - especially solar - would enjoy high levels of penetration. Under these conditions, economies of scale would also lead to the type of cost reduction that the solar sector has long sought. "In such carbon-constrained scenarios, the levelized cost of solar electricity comes close to those of competitors, including fossil fuels, at about $100/MWh by 2030," the IEA writes in the executive summary of the publication, titled "Solar Energy Perspectives." After this turning point in 2030, PV and CSP would no longer be significantly constrained by their direct generation costs. Instead, production variability, projects' footprints, and solar power's overall lower density and transportability (compared to that of fossil fuels) would be the main limiting factors for deployment, according to the IEA. "Under all these strong assumptions, a long-term energy mix dominated by solar energy in various forms may or may not be the cheapest low-carbon energy mix, but it would be affordable," the agency says, adding that ultimately, solar energy could even provide a full third of the world's electricity needs after 2060. How is this possible? In its report, the IEA points to several global energy-needs predictions that are well matched to the capabilities of solar. Population growth over the next few decades is forecast to be concentrated in areas with high solar irradiance levels. Hot, sunny nations are expected to be home to approximately 7 billion people by 2050, in comparison to just 2 billion people in cold and temperate countries, the IEA says. In developing nations, where 1.4 billion people currently do not have access to electricity, both PV and solar thermal electricity (which the IEA says are well suited to small-scale projects) can play a major role, without requiring expensive energy storage in many cases. "PV is extremely modular, easy and fast to install, and accessible to the general public," the report notes. Moreover, installation cost reductions that the industry has already seen over the past several years are expected to continue. For PV in particular, recent market maturation thanks to feed-in-tariff policies has led to increased confidence in solar as an energy source. This trend can continue, provided that supportive policy remains in place. The report outlines a number of specific policy mechanisms required for the promising deployment projections to transition from merely hypothetical to realistic. Priorities include "establishing incentives for early deployment, removing non-economic barriers, developing public-private partnerships, subsidizing research and development, and developing effective encouragement and support for innovation," the IEA says. In addition, off-grid solar electricity and process heat applications will require new business models that allow for up-front financing. Another key to fully utilizing solar energy's potential may be increased global participation. "Up to now, only a limited number of countries have been supporting most of the effort to drive solar energy technologies to competitiveness," the IEA notes. As to which countries have been most heavily involved in the world's solar deployment activity so far, a separate report from Ernst & Young - also recently released - reveals some familiar names atop the list. The company's Country Attractiveness Indices (CAI) place the U.S. in the No. 1 position, with a "solar index" of 72. Its score, however, dropped three points from last year due to three solar manufacturers' bankruptcies, Ernst & Young explains. Germany, which remains the leader in solar installations, ranked No. 7 due to its climatalogical inability to host CSP. Spain, home to the second-highest total of installed solar capacity, ranked fourth on the CAI - behind the U.S., India and China. India's jump in the rankings was owed to its revisions to its solar auction rules, which are expected to boost solar project sizes and numbers. Italy, Australia, Japan, Germany, Morocco and France round out the top 10, with Morocco jumping two places from its position last quarter. Five new countries joined the CAI this quarter, Ernst & Young notes. One notable entrant - Tunisia - placed 12th, tying with Portugal and Israel. "Tunisia boasts excellent resources for both solar PV and CSP, as well as good grant and soft loan availability (over $2 billion has been made available) and a favorable tax climate," the report explains. "That said, the solar industry in Tunisia has yet to capitalize on these conditions, and there is only 0.6 MW of installed capacity."

 

Thank you,

Winston L. Mendoza - CEO

Mendoza Solar LLC
Cell Phone 714.299.7204
714.741.3977 Toll Free: 888.821.5469
FAX 714.784.7617
License# 183326
email: winston@mendozasolar.com
WWW.MENDOZASOLAR.COM or Blog http://mendozasolarblog.blogspot.com/
SKYPE: PMWENT
Corporate address: 10956 Sidney Pl. Garden Grove, CA. 92840

by:

Joe Joson

USA

joe@mendozasolar.com    or  blackhawk74@yahoo.com

Solar May Produce Most of World’s Power by 2060, IEA Says

This is no surprise to solar power fans and followers, that solar power could supply the world with most of its electricity needs by 2060. But the fact that the International Energy Agency (IEA) is broadcasting that, after increasing its previous projections, is pretty uplifting.

More from Bloomberg:

“Photovoltaic and solar-thermal plants may meet most of the world’s demand for electricity by 2060 — and half of all energy needs — with wind, hydropower and biomass plants supplying much of the remaining generation, Cedric Philibert, senior analyst in the renewable energy division at the Paris-based agency, said in an Aug. 26 phone interview.”

Despite the expectation that electricity demand will be much higher in 2060 than now, solar power is projected to grow so much that it will provide the world with the majority of its electricity needs in a few decades. The IEA previously projected that solar would provide the world with 21% of its electricity needs by 2050, but its new report (due out later this year) shows a change of heart (or logic).

“Under the forecasted scenario, which Philibert will set out in more detail at a conference in Kassel, Germany, on Sept. 1, most heating and transport will switch from dirtier fossil fuels to cleaner electric power. Carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector would fall to about 3 gigatons per year compared with about 30 gigatons this year.”

"Comparing finite and renewable planetary energy reserves (Terawatt‐years). Total recoverable reserves are shown for the finite resources. Yearly potential is shown for the renewables." (source: Perez & Perez, 2009a)

Indicators that Solar Power is about to Boom

Many renewable energy haters (meaning fossil fuel companies, the politicians they purchase, and the citizens they confuse) love to focus on the fact that solar power provides us with a small percentage of our electricity today.

However, that small percentage is growing larger fast and solar is crossing a number of key checkpoints rapidly. As I’ve written in more detail previously:

1. Solar power is a great investment for citizens around the country and the world TODAY, offering breathtakingly low electricity bills (and the possibility to even make money from the electric company in some places) and more than satisfactory returns on investment (solar power systems beat the heck out of the stock market for most people).
2. Not even taking externalities into account (and solar power’s true value), solar power is projected to be cheaper than fossil fuels in just a few years.
3. Solar energy resources crush those of any other power options (see image above).
4. Solar costs are falling like crazy and, largely as a result of this, the solar power industry is growing like crazy (in the U.S. and globally).
5. The need to get off fossil fuels and get on clean energy is becoming clear to more and more people every day. That need is driving energy policies around the globe that are speeding up the deployment of clean solar energy.

Winston L. Mendoza - CEO


Mendoza Solar LLC
Cell Phone 714.299.7204
714.741.3977 
Toll Free: 888.821.5469
FAX 714.784.7617
License# 183326


email: winston@mendozasolar.com


WWW.MENDOZASOLAR.COM or Blog www.mendozasolarblog.blogspot.com


SKYPE: PMWENT


By Joe Joson
USA
joe@mendozasolar.com or
blackhawk74@yahoo.com

Bringing Solar Power To The Philippines in 2012

I plan to spend the whole month of January 2012 in the Philippines to make several presentations on the solar  power business to decision makers. We are in the process of establishing Lorenzana Solar to work with Lim Solar, both Filipino-owned corporations,to participate in the President's plan to transition from the present power generating systems to more Wind, Solar, Geothermal and other renewable energy sources in the next 20 years.

My vision is to start installing what would be the first  900 Megawatts of solar power out of the 5,400 Megawatt electricity requirements in the next 5 years. Please visit us  at  WWW.MENDOZASOLAR.COM . We are a corporation with approximately  $10 million in revenues in California and Nevada. We are moving to expand to New York and Texas before the end of the year.

Our business partners in the East Coast and Mendoza Solar have plans to assemble Solar Power Inverters in Cebu in the next 5 years. We need to work with the Cebu goverment officials to bring in foreign investments. I hope you will join us in this great effort to transition to renewable energy. There are many business opportunities for everyone in this industry not to mention the employment opportunities that it will bring.




Thank you,


Winston L. Mendoza - CEO


Mendoza Solar LLC
Cell Phone 714.299.7204
714.741.3977 
Toll Free: 888.821.5469
FAX 714.784.7617
License# 183326


email: winston@mendozasolar.com


WWW.MENDOZASOLAR.COM or Blog www.mendozasolarblog.blogspot.com


SKYPE: PMWENT


By Joe Joson
USA
joe@mendozasolar.com or
blackhawk74@yahoo.com

No Money Down Solar Power

A Real No-brainer Investment

How the plan works:

We estimate your monthly electric bill by looking at your monthly bill and your electrical equipment in your house. Then we  install a system that will be putting out power equal to or more than you consume. As soon as your Solar System is in operation , (it takes 3-4 days to install), your investment starts to earn revenues in the form of power sold back to your Utility Company.

On days that your power consumption in your home is less than the power put out by the Solar System, your meter actually RUNS BACKWARDS  which means you are DEPOSITING $ or power into your account!

 When the day is cloudy or at night time, your system draws from what you deposited. Awesome system!

This is done through a small Netmetering device that reads all power flows coming from or leaving the Solar System and compares it to what comes from the Utility or Electric Company.

No money of your own down Plus Government Rebates:

Your system will be on a long term loan that could be part of your home mortgage but not necessarily. You do not use your own money.

   

Both the Federal and State governments have REBATE programs that are 30% and 15-20 % respectively of your cost. The total loan is also tax deductible for the year that the system was installed. Talk about a lot of return on your investment.

And here is the real kicker, a big bonus. As you pay your monthly fee on energy , it is NOT sent to your Utility or Electric Company. It is sent towards the pay off of the installation cost. And you eventually own the unit in 5 to 7 years. And how is it possible to have no payments to the Utility Company? Your payment to the Utility Company is very close to ZERO if at all.

Return of Investment (ROI):   

It is estimated that in 5-7 years or in less than ten years the whole system is paid for. And your power everyday from that time on is , well, FREE!!!!!

System Lifetime and Warranties:

Solar Cells have life times of more than 30 years! Warranties by manufacturers of the Solar Panels, the Inverters and the Installation Company are also included in the package! And remember, this whole system has NO MOVING PARTS, NONE! Nothing to wear out. Everything is electronics and computers.

    

And the beauty of it all, YOU PUT NO MONEY OF YOUR OWN DOWN! So needless to say, it will indeed pay to GO SOLAR!

It simply makes perfect sense!

Note: We are currently installing in Southern California only at this time.

Contact us at:   Mendoza Solar , LLC

or

Joe Joson

blackhawk74@yahoo.com


Mobile:  714 348 2661

Winston L. Mendoza Resume’

Below is Mr. Winston L. Mendoza's resume':

•    Winston L. Mendoza    Work Tel. 888.821.5469 or cell 714.299.7204

•    Email address: Winston@mendozasolar.com : WWW.MENDOZASOLAR.COM

•    Philippines: Winston@lorenzanasolar.com : WWW.LORENZANASOLAR.COM
                     Winston@limsolar.com : Limsolar Website is under construction

•    Work location: Mendoza Solar LLC  Home Office at 10956 Sidney Pl .Garden Grove, CA. 92840: Branch offices:  o Buena Park o Westminster oFullerton o Arcadia o Pasadena o Long Beach

•    Mechanical Engineering – 1966

•    Information System (IS) Computing: International Data Processing Institute, New York, N.Y. 1969.

•    Systems Analysis – La Salle University Extension, Illinois. – 1972

•    Application Programmer/Operations Supervisor: Farrell Lines 2 Broadway New York, N.Y.: 1967 – 1969

•    Operations/Assistant D.P.  Mgr. – Hitachi Sales Corp. 1969 -1974

•    Programmer/Analyst/Sr. Section/Department  Mgr.: McDonnell Douglas – 1989 – 1993 Duties:
    Responsible for writing aerospace sales analysis programs, member of the team that developed the Customer Online Ordering Process (COOP) from 1974 to 1980, implemented to all aerospace companies in western hemisphere

•    Management: Dept. Mgr. 16 FTE: McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Data Base Management/Storage Management, Managed 500+ Databases; 1.2 Terabyte of Mainframe DASD. I/S – 1992

•    IBM Mgr./Project Mgr./Transition Mgr. IBM Corp. – 1993 – 2009
Client: McDonnell Douglas Corp.

IBM Program/Project Executive:
Team member of large data center relocation from Long Beach, CA. to St. Louis, MO., over 2000+ MIPS and 1.2 Terabytes of M/F DASD.

Project Mgr. (1995-1997) Install IMS DB/DC online system connecting St. Louis, MO; Long Beach, CA.; CHINA Cities: Beijing, Shanghai, X’ian,Shenyang, Chengdu and Hong Kong for the 5,000 Trunk Liner airplanes: Transition Mgr. LITIGATION SYSTEMS; 4 SUN SPARC 10, ORACLE, DB; PLASMON DISK 4.0 Terabyte online, 30 Terabyte offline. Worldwide access including US FAA/NTSB.

Project Mgr. Computer Output MicroFiche: Transition/Consolidation/Conversion to ANACOMP XFP 2000, 200+ million frames per month.
Transition Mgr. Rockwell North America output services to IBM Long Beach, CA. output services. BAR System under UNIX, 10 Million images per month, 120+ network printers, i.e. HP, IBM, XEROX, M/F to high speed Xerox LASER printers. SUN Solaris, Oracle DB 7.3.4

Transition Mgr. Time Keeping System; NCR and Sun under UNIX; Help Center, 5600 users, 7 X 24; 365 days for Airplane Manufacturing, and Space Exploration.
Project Mgr. Comp80/2 system for technical publications; SUN Microsystem SPARC 10; third party software, major Y2K conversion.

Transition Mgr. Engineering Drawing System, HP1000/HP3000 MPX; Airplane Delivery System Control; Aerospace Application. Help Desk, first and second level support Transition Mgr. Plotter consolidation for Aircraft manufacturing, M/F applications, over 16 location nationwide to 4 major location. The McDonnel Douglas Corp. was merged with the BOEING CO. in Aug. 1998, transition will continue until  Oct. 2004. Client: NiSource Corp. Hammond, Indiana  Project Mgr. Replace 328 Xerox Desktop Printers with IBM IP21;  major cost saving; 7 X 24  Help Desk, reduce call wait from 10 minutes average to 30 seconds. Transition to SDC Central in St. Louis, MO. 

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IBM Project Mgr; Project Executive  and Transition Mgr. with over 13,000 hours performing all duties according to IBM Delivery Transition Management Process under the IBM Global Service’s Service Delivery Center. Project executive of the FORD/ and Visteon Corp. western Europeautomotive component consolidation from U.K; France; Germany to Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Czech Republic.

Founder: Mendoza Solar LLC – California and Nevada : PHILIPPINE CORPORATIONS:  Lim Solar and Lorenzana Solar –  Manila - Cebu - Davao - Iloilo - Bacolod -  San Fernando, La Union - Laoag 

For your residential and commercial solar needs contact us at: http://www.mendozasolar.com/ 

or email me at: blackhawk74@yahoo.com

By: Joe Joson
California, USA

    

Solar Update from PG&E

The following is an update from Pacific Gas & Electric. Part of this report covers the trend of solar interconnections by PG&E’s Generation Interconnection Services (GIS):


Subject: PG&E CSI Update - End of Q2 2011

Dear Solar Community:

With your continued success under the California Solar Initiative (CSI) Program, PG&E has issued incentives for over 30,000 projects, accounting for over $550 million in incentives and over 325 MW since the inception of the Program in 2007.  These amazing numbers continue to grow at a very fast pace and we hope to see this continue through the end of this year and beyond.  You should all be proud of these accomplishments as this would not have been possible without your support and efforts.

We would like to provide you with a few important updates to support your continued success through the rest of 2011.

PG&E CSI Survey

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve your experience with us and our commitment to continuously improve, our internal Research Department will be sending you our yearly CSI survey by email the week of August 1^st (this week).  By soliciting your open and honest thoughts, we hope to receive invaluable feedback to help us gauge the effectiveness of our program and administration.  Upon receiving your feedback, we will go through every response and subsequently work towards taking action to better the program and increase your overall satisfaction.  Please note that all answers are confidential and will not be shared outside our team. 

PG&E thanks you in advance for taking the time to complete this email survey as the only way we can get better is for all of us to continue working together.

PG&E CSI Residential Incentive Update

In Q2 of 2011, PG&E received an average of 850 reservations and 850 incentive claims per month and there’s no indication of a decline in reservation and incentive claim submittals. With a large number of projects coming through, PG&E continues to strive to process reservations and incentive claims timely. However, we need your continued support.

Year-to-date percentages for incomplete reservations and incentive claims are still very high at 34% and 22% respectively. With roughly 11 MW remaining in the Residential Step 8 incentive queue, it is very important for you to submit a clean application as we get closer to the next step.

Effective application management is the key to optimizing profit margins on solar installations and inherently reducing reservation and incentive claim approval times.   This means, making sure all the correct information and documents are submitted correctly the first time and being timely in meeting all the required milestones.  Holdups due to application suspensions create delays and increase costs for ALL installers, customers, and Program Administrators alike. 

Therefore, please take the necessary time to ensure that all documents are accurate and complete before submitting them to us. This will help us approve your applications and  get your checks out faster.

If you have questions on completing your application correctly, please email us at solar@pge.com and we will be glad to help.

PG&E Interconnection Update

During the second quarter of 2011, PG&E’s Generation Interconnection Services (GIS) Team received 3,419 new interconnection applications from you and also successfully interconnected 2,776 NEM customer projects.  The quarterly averages were 1,139 and 925 respectively.  Our pace for 2011 indicates that we will set new highs in both categories again.

Given our successes in 2011 to date, we are also seeing an increase of projects that do have interconnection issues.  In a small percentage of projects, we have identified projects where customers need to spend additional monies to upgrade facilities to support their individual solar PV system.  In similar cases, contractors and customers may benefit from submitting their applications in advance of actual site construction.  A NEM application and single line diagram will allow the engineering review to start.  This review can determine if additional costs will incur prior to the installation of the PV system rather than after the installation.

There is no generalization that can be applied to which project may run into issues.  Projects delayed have ranged in scope from 5 kW to over 20 kW.  We strive to minimize the types of surprises that are un-expected for vendors, contractors, and customers.  Please be sure to include a cover note to the GIS team asking for an early engineering review to determine if additional costs may apply.

PowerClerk Updates

In Q2 Program Administrators introduced two new features: that will help you with questions on documents and also remind you of due dates for suspended applications.  We hope that these new features will get you through the application process easier.

1.  Paperwork Help Icons - Live Friday, July 1st

Users will find new "Question Mark" help icons next to each paperwork item on all Paperwork Record panels of all application milestones.  Clicking the icon will open the "California Solar Initiative Help Matrix" on the GoSolarCalifornia webpage in a new window and take the user directly to the description of the paperwork item that they have requested. 

This will literally provide the information at the user's fingertips. 

Below is a screenshot of new help icons:

2.  Change in "Next Due Date" functionality for Suspended Applications – This feature went live on Friday, July 1^st.  PowerClerk will now display the due dates for suspended applications.  Previously, PowerClerk displayed the PPM or ICF due dates only even if there was a due date for suspended items.

CSI Thermal - Marketing and Outreach Public Workshop
The California Public Utilities Commission will be hosting a public workshop where the CSI-Thermal Program Administrators (PA's) will present their 2-year plans to conduct a marketing campaigns and other activities to raise public awareness of solar thermal technology and facilitate its adoption.

The meeting provides a venue for public stakeholders to identify and discuss issues and concerns related to the proposed M&O plans.  The goal of this forum is to take feedback of stakeholders into consideration prior to the finalization and filing of M&O plans by all PA's on August 31, 2011.

An agenda will be posted on the CPUC website soon.

Details of the event are listed below:
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

CPUC
Courtyard Room
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102

If you plan to attend the workshop in person, please send an RSVP to Damon Franz at df1@cpuc.ca.gov.

Those not available to attend in person may participate via a webinar and conference line at:

Call-in number: (866) 621-8358  

Access Code: 9632806

Webinar URL: https://energycenter.webex.com/mw0306ld/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=energycenter

Webinar Password: csithermal

PG&E’s Upcoming Classes and Webinars

PG&E offers a wide range of solar and solar water heating education opportunities to you and other customers, both online and in the classroom. Please take advantage of these free classes and webinars and join us at one of our upcoming classes.

For a complete list of classes, please visit our solar classes search form to find the best course for you.

In addition to what we already offer, we are working hard to identify new solar classes and subjects that are of interest to our customers. If you would like to provide a suggestion on a topic for a new solar class, contact us at solar@pge.com.

PG&E Streamlines Solar-Related Calls
Starting in July; Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) initiated a central phone number for all solar-related calls, serving the Solar Customer Service Center and California Solar Initiative inquiries. When customers call the number they can choose from a menu that includes these categories: general solar questions, solar application-related inquiries, interconnection and net energy metering. PG&E hopes this change provides customers with a simpler and faster way to get their solar questions addressed. The number is (877) 743-4112.

Thanks,

Andrew Yip 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company 
Manager - Solar and Customer Generation

Want to learn about Solar? PG&E offers a wide range of education and training opportunities for different audiences on a variety of solar related topics. For more information, please visit www.pge.com/solareducation .

For your residential and commercial solar needs contact us at:

http://www.mendozasolar.com/

Joe Joson

blackhawk74@yahoo.com