Above is a 19.2 Kilowatt Grid-Connected Photovoltaic system. This system consists of (96) 200 Watt solar modules, each module delivering 200 watts (19200 watts total) to (3) SMA "Sunny Boy" Grid-Connected 6000 Watt Inverters. These inverters can be linked via RS-485 or Bluetooth communication to your PC, through the internet, if desired, for remote monitoring. Below is our system transport trailer specially constructed to carry the system components to the jobsite safely.

The Photovoltaic (PV) Panel is not a new technology. It has been around for decades, but the it has been improved to near perfection. The panels are rugged, and most come with a 25 year performance guarantee. They will take the impact of a 1" hailstone at over 50 mph without breaking. Solar Power is a renewable resource. We will never run out of the sun's energy. With every Solar Power System we install, it brings us one step closer to becoming independent of the use of oil from the unstable Middle East.

The economic timing is right to install solar photovoltaics on your residence or business. There are incentives in place right now to help pay for the systems:

1) The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) through the California Solar Initiiative (CSI) is now offering a rebate of $1900 per installed Kilowatt (KW-CEC) of generating power, based on design criteria to ensure the efficiency of the system, which results in a $30900 rebate to install the system shown above on new residential buildings only. See www.GoSolarCalifornia.org

ALERT!! The CSI rebate for residential Solar Power will soon drop to $1550/Kw-CEC in the next few months, about a 20% drop, so contact us to reserve your rebate as soon as possible!

As of January 1, 2007, the Publicly owned utilities such as Southern California Edison (SCE) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) are administering rebates for existing residential and commercial buildings for the California Solar Initiative initially at $2500 per installed KW, decreasing as installed quotas are achieved (STEPS).

2) The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's (LADWP) program is up and runing once again! The rebates are based on design criteria, and expected output, but the rebates are more substantial than many other agencies, including the California Energy Commission and CSI provision. For residential customers, you receive a set amount for every kilowatt-hour of the expected output based on the first year's production. (Currently it's at the equivalent of approximately $4.00/watt CEC)

3) SCE, SDG&E, and PG&E Customers have an added incentive to install solar. The CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission) passed a rate hike, which took effect in February 2006. There was another rate hike which was approved by the CPUC in June of 2006, which took effect in November 2006. SCE increased rates for the top three tiers by a whopping 23% in 2009 alone! Because your costs for electricity as a customer of SCE, SDG&E or PG&E increase as your usage goes over 100, 130, and 300% of your baseline allocation, you are being surcharged for your higher electricity usage! In virtually all cases, you can reduce the amount of your surcharge by installing a Solar Power System. We can analyze your situation if this could be of benefit to you. This is known as "Peak- Shaving"

4) Although the California State Solar Tax Credit has gone away, you will receive a 30% Investment Tax Credit (ITC) on your Federal Income Tax on your out-of-pocket expenses for residential systems due to the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (HR1424) This tax credit had a cap of $2000 until it was increased by this bill, and it was extended until 2016! The combined Federal Tax Credit and State Rebate will pay for about 50% of your system!!

5) Thanks to the Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, If you are a business solar customer, you can also take advantage of the 30% Federal Tax Credit on Solar Energy, and take an accelerated depreciation on the system of 5 years! Most other capital property investments have to be depreciated over 25 years. The combined incentives will in most cases allow commercial installations of less than 25 cents on the dollar, and we have seen recent simple payback times of as low as 1.8 years!!!

6) More Good News - The California Public Utilities Commission has stepped up to the plate, enacted the California Solar Initiative and pumped a massive $3.2 Billion into California's Solar Economy over the next 10 years!

If you are not using the full amount of electricity your grid-connected system is producing, your utility meter will run BACKWARDS, counting off kilowatt-hours (KwH)

A well-designed 4000 watt (STC) system will produce about 500 kilowatt hours of electricity a month - if you are over 300% of your baseline, this could save you as much as $200.00/month!

There are both Grid connected and standalone solar power systems, with or without battery backup, however, only Grid-Connected systems are eligible for rebates (Definition: Grid-Connected means that you are generating power that is connected to our statewide power grid)

It was 1972 when Sue Kaufman and her husband bought their 6,000-square-foot rambler on a one-acre lot in Encino. Wind power had seemed like a great idea until city officials nixed the beanstalk required to generate it.

Summer cooling bills, however, later rose to $600 a month -- requiring them to shut off air conditioning through much of their house for all but company. Finally, a nudge from their daughter, with a graduate thesis on alternative energy, persuaded them to install a solar system.

"I'm just thrilled," said Kaufman, 59, whose 2.4-kilowatt system was installed Thursday. "I just went out there, and my electric meter is going backwards -- it's a kick."

"Solar is hot right now," said Michael Wilson, foreman for Harrison Electric of Santa Fe Springs, whose crew just finished installing a system on Kaufman's home. "Solar's taking off."