LADWP [RE-wrenches]

[William Korthof]

<x-flowed>

They're doing it again.

LADWP is supposedly on track to reauthorize a solar rebate program. 
They've put together a "design based incentive". If I've managed to 
understand this correctly, the incentive is supposed to be $0.14 per kWh 
times the predicted system output over 20 years, from a customized 
version of PVWatts (a DOE solar output estimation tool I never use):
http://mapserve2.nrel.gov/website/LA_PVWatts/viewer.htm

I clicked the link and got a spiffy, colored "smart" map with many 
selectible layers (bar on right side). The link to PVwatts layer (V2) 
doesn't seem to cause anything useful to pop up. Hmmmmm. Otherwise, I 
don't see any functionality with this program. Weird.

Leaving asside my comments about how this program seems to be an arcane 
divergence from an effective solar incentive, bound to serious confusion 
and mistakes among installers and customers and very difficult to 
administer, applications will loaded with "errors" and the queue will 
inevitably log-jam in short order due to"insufficent staffing"...

At this point, after 3.5 years of no solar program, we have dozens of 
LADWP customers who want solar and are ready to sign a contract. Several 
already have, a few even have completed (unrebated) systems. But the 
mostly people are expecting some sort of reasonable rebate, like what 
customers of all other major utilities in the state have enjoyed for 
years. Can anyone help figure out what the deal is?


William Korthof
Energy Efficiency Solar


- - - -
To send a message: RE-wrenches at topica.com

Archive of previous messages: http://lists.topica.com/lists/RE-wrenches/read

List rules & how to change your email address: www.mrsharkey.com/wrenches/etiquette.php

Check out participant bios: www.mrsharkey.com/wrenches/

Hosted by Home Power magazine

Moderator: michael.welch at homepower.com
--^----------------------------------------------------------------
This email was sent to: michael.welch at homepower.com

EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Qcs.bz9JC9.bWljaGFl
Or send an email to: RE-wrenches-unsubscribe at topica.com

For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit:
http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER
--^----------------------------------------------------------------



</x-flowed>