Comments on: California regulators approve plan to mandate solar panels on new homes

By: Tobi

Tobi — Sun, 20 May 2018 01:00:02 +0000

I beg your pardon – ‘…has become….”! We are the laughing stock of the country!

By: Tobi

Tobi — Sun, 20 May 2018 00:55:08 +0000

Just o!ne more stupid move on the part of our state government to drive the middle class away, raise the price of their housing even further! Yet they continue to pat themselves on the back for what wonderful environmental advances they make while the state continues to go down the sewer – one idiot Democratic idea at a time! Unintended consequences, or is it intentional?????

By: Bubba

Bubba — Mon, 14 May 2018 18:18:28 +0000

Hey all you folks from Rio Linda, why don’t just defund Moonbeams Choo Choo to now where and everybody free Solar?
Me wonders how long it will be until those MORONS in Sacramento make this mandatory for all homes?
After isn’t Moonbeam and the legislator trying to eliminate internal combustion engines and outlaw all fossil fuels in the People’s Republic in the name of Phony Global Warming?

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Mon, 14 May 2018 07:34:52 +0000

In reply to Bob. Even if it’s true nobody would ever spend their estimate of $10k, let alone the more likely cost of $20-30k, to save a net $40/month without being required to by government mandate.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 14 May 2018 03:02:05 +0000

“According to the commission’s own estimates, the panels will cost homeowners around $40 a month, but save them about $80 a month on heating, air conditioning and other costs.”

Pure bullshit. If this was true there would be no need to pass a law making solar panels mandatory.

By: Queeg

Queeg — Sun, 13 May 2018 15:41:30 +0000

Comrades

The State will zero you out too !

By: Spurwing Plover

Spurwing Plover — Sun, 13 May 2018 05:21:44 +0000

How about fixing the Oroville Dam instead of reqiuring Solar Panels on all new home all over this Global Warming/Climate Change poppycock California is becoming the most rediculous state in the lower 48

By: ricky65

ricky65 — Sat, 12 May 2018 15:20:35 +0000

How is it that that the 10K figure to install a solar system is repeated ad nauseum by the un-curious press stenographer corp without anyone challenging that figure?
Any decent sized system will cost 20-30K even if built in during new home construction.
Ol’ honest Abe was right. “A lie will travel around the world half a dozen times before the truth can get its boots on”

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Sat, 12 May 2018 04:49:31 +0000

If the construction cost is $10k you can bet the all-in cost will be more like $20k. All to save $40 a month. It’s so generous of the government to help us save a bit on operating expenses while totally ignoring capital expenses. Payback time, assuming zero maintenance costs, zero cost of capital, and zero inflation, nevertheless exceeds the lifetime of the panels.

By: BOGIEWHEEL

BOGIEWHEEL — Sat, 12 May 2018 03:31:43 +0000

I’D LIKE TO SEE THE SMALL PRINT ON THIS BILL. THINGS SUCH AS “zero net energy” WORRY ME. ALSO, WHATS THE PERCENT OF SHADE TO KEEP YOU OUT OF THE SYSTEM,