CA: California Solar Initiative Reaches 1 Gigawatt Milestone

Treehugger: The state of California has been giving rebates under the California Solar Initiative to those who install solar power systems, both for residential and commercial use. So far the program has helped fund more than 1-gigawatt of solar power capacity, an important milestone that few countries, and even fewer states, have reached. The beauty of the Californian system is that it ramps down automatically over time, with smaller rebates being given out every passing year until the $2.167 billion allocated in 2007 runs out in 2016, and the $250 million for solar water heaters runs out in 2017. These programs are respectively funded by electric and gas ratepayers.

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