December 28th, 2009
As Burt reports in his reporting from the 12/9/2009 HOA meeting, the HOA board chartered a Ad Hoc Solar guidelines committee, lead by Don Wildfang, the new Chairman of the Creekside, Architectural Review Committee (ARC), to recommend a set of solar guidelines to the HOA board. As of today (Jan 5, 2010) there hasn’t even [...]
December 4th, 2009
A report from renewable energy advocates says Oregon is among the best states for regulations that encourage distributed renewable energy, like residential solar panels.
Read the whole article at: http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/report_gives_oregon_high_marks.html
December 4th, 2009
A recent article in the in the LA Times reports that even though California and the federal government encourage solar power, homeowners often have to fight homeowners associations for their right to install the systems.
“… solar advocates are pushing for a federal version of the California law. Energy legislation that moved through the House earlier [...]
