Energy Currents, 2020-1
Energy Currents: A million plus and Counting The upcoming Memorial Day Holiday is a special day for our nation. It is an especially meaningful day for veterans and families who have personally experienced the loss of comrades or kin during combat or…
Energy Matters, 2020-2
Recently there has been a glut of unappealing solar PV projects installed into my neighborhood, negatively impacting the individual home and the neighborhood’s visual appeal. Per California Law, Home Owner Associations (HOA’S) do have some amount of control over the…
Energy Matters 2020-3
As we move into the next presidential election, there are both nervous and cautiously optimistic energy leaders around our nation and our world. Alternative energy has proven to be a non-partisan issue, and citizens throughout the political spectrum hope that the…
Energy Matters – July 2016
Article written by Mark Becker for Danville/Alamo/Lafayette Today, July 2016. Unfortunately, the subject matter of these newspaper articles doesn’t appear out of thin air. This month, while considering ideas, I tapped into the most available resources present at the…
Energy Matters – June 2016
Article written by Mark Becker for Danville/Alamo/Lafayette Today, June 2016. California’s Net Metering laws, which are very advantageous to an investment in solar PV, have been extended for another 20+ years. Net Metering 2.0 has been regarded as a big win for the…
Energy Matters – May 2016
Article written by Mark Becker for Danville/Alamo/Lafayette Today, May 2016. Memorial Day is a special day for our nation. It is also an especially meaningful day for veterans who have personally experienced the loss of fellow combatants or service members who have…
Energy Matters – April 2016
Article written by Mark Becker for Danville/Alamo/Lafayette Today, April 2016. Energy Alert! If you’re considering going solar in the near future, I highly recommend you change your PGE electric rate to an E6 “Time of Use” (TOU) rate. This rate will remain in place…
Energy Matters – February 2016
Article written by Mark Becker for Danville/Alamo/Lafayette Today, February 2016. El Niño is officially here, sometimes resulting in torrential rain. Torrential rain is not forgiving on any type of roof that is not flashed or installed properly, or has reached the end…
Energy Matters – January 2016
Article written by Mark Becker for Danville/Alamo/Lafayette Today, January 2016. The fourth quarter of 2015 was a record-breaking quarter for installation of solar PV systems in the State of California. In November, there were 5,942 solar PV projects completed and…
Energy Matters – December 2015
Article written by Mark Becker for Danville/Alamo/Lafayette Today, December 2015. Due to the current rate of market adoption of solar PV, solar panel manufacturers are reaching production capacity. Predictions are that at some point the industry will not be able to…