Policy

CPUC Staffers See Solar Program in Action

California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) staff spend a lot of time thinking about solar these days, but it isn’t often you’ll find them actually installing it. That changed on a recent Saturday morning in East Oakland, when eight CPUC staffers showed up on their day off to install a solar PV system with GRID Alternatives, which manages the SASH program, a dedicated solar rebate program for low-income homeowners overseen by the CPUC.

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Treehugger.com - Worker profile: Why I #PutSolarOnIt

Jose Cardenas, a solar installation supervisor with GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles, writes about how solar changed his life, and how we can make it a force for change for everyone.

San Jose Mercury News - White House honors East Bay solar energy champion

An East-Bay man is set to receive honors from the White House today for co-founding the country's largest nonprofit solar installation company.

OC Register - Solar power lightens North Long Beach man's financial load

Running Jerry Shumate’s array of medical equipment consumes a lot of electricity, and costs a pretty penny, but a new solar array installed on his roof Friday will ease that burden.

Long Beach Press-Telegram - Low-income Long Beach homeowner plugs in to solar energy system to save big

U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visited an installation at the home of Jerry Shumate, a disabled man who stands to save big with solar.

The Desert Sun - President Obama announces solar energy initiative

White House highlights GRID Alternatives, which will hold Palm Desert ribbon-cutting May 20.

EPA Visits a GRID Installation

U.S. EPA administrator Gina McCarthy visited a GRID Alternatives installation in Long Beach, CA to learn about our work, meet a low-income homeowner benefiting from solar and talk with job trainees about their solar futures.

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Our Commitment to the President

We're joining President Obama and over 300 other companies, organizations and public agencies in making major new commitments to deploy renewable energy. In support of the Obama administration’s national renewable energy goals, we're committing to help install 100 MW of solar power on affordable single-family and multifamily homes across the country by 2024.

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5/9/2014 - GRID Alternatives Meets Obama’s Challenge With Major Low-Income Solar Commitment

In support of the Obama administration’s national renewable energy goals, GRID Alternatives is committing to help install 100 MW of solar power on affordable single-family and multifamily homes across the country by 2024.

A White House honor for GRID!

We are so excited to be honored in Washington D.C. as a White House Champion of Change, joined by an inspiring group of people and organizations who are leading the way for solar deployment in the United States.

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