The Plug and Play Solar Act, which passed on a 35-1 vote, would allow portable solar generation devices with up to 1,200 watts of output to connect to a building through a standard outlet. The bill now moves to the state Assembly, which has until August 31 to pass it during the current session.
This is good but we should also let tenants install solar on buildings (ideally by a public bank potentially against a cut of the electrical savings).
e.g if a majority of the tenants in a building vote for it, you could secure a $200k system generating ~100mWh/year, which is $35K/year, using a ~4% would pay off the over 4 years, (or if you give the tenants a cut of the savings say 20% over 5-6 years)
Edit old math was wrong as where units for annual energy generation
This is good but we should also let tenants install solar on buildings (ideally by a public bank potentially against a cut of the electrical savings).
e.g if a majority of the tenants in a building vote for it, you could secure a $200k system generating ~100mWh/year, which is $35K/year, using a ~4% would pay off the over 4 years, (or if you give the tenants a cut of the savings say 20% over 5-6 years)
Edit old math was wrong as where units for annual energy generation
Math is off. 100kwhr is 25 bucks.
With PG&E it is closer to $50. Exibit A: https://sanjosespotlight.com/fact-brief-do-santa-clara-residents-pay-a-fraction-of-what-san-jose-residents-pay-for-electricity/