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34 Politics San Francisco From megawords Tipping point: San Francisco fi refi ghter Barry Wong said that San Francisco’s solar rebate program »pushed me over the edge« to purchase a PV system for his house in the city’s Sunset District. When combined with state and federal incentives, Wong saved 54 percent on his system. November 2009
to megawatts How San Francisco managed to transform from a solar no-go-zone to a PV hotspot – at least for the time being San Francisco resident Barry Wong is positively giddy about the PV system on his house in the city’s Sunset District. After installing the 3.2 kW system last year, his monthly utility bill plummeted from $150 to $20. He, his wife and three children enjoy watching their house’s electric meter run backwards, thanks to the system’s solar electric output that offsets his family’s energy consumption. Several years ago, Wong had considered solar for his home, but never took the plunge because »it was a little costprohibitive.« That changed in 2008 when the City of San Francisco launched GoSolarSF, an upfront cash rebate pro- November 2009 gram for homeowners, businesses, and non-profi ts that purchase PV systems. When combined with the California Solar Initiative, a rebate program administered by the State of California, and federal tax credits, the GoSolarSF incentive payment reduced Wong’s system price from $30,702 to $13,991 – a savings of 54 percent. »GoSolarSF pushed me over the edge,« said Wong. »The program brought it back into our price range. We jumped right on it.« » Barry Wong was not the only San Franciscan that jumped on the Go- SolarSF bandwagon. When the incentive program opened its doors in July 2008, the rebate – which ranged from $3,000 to $8,000 for residential applicants, and up to $10,000 for businesses – sparked a solar boom in the city. San Francisco applications to the California Solar Initiative jumped from 26 in June that year to 62 in July, and climbed to a peak of 117 in January 2009 »It was so bad that all the installers we had around the table had written off San Francisco,« said Ting 35 Frederic Neema / photon-pictures.com
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