http://gigaom.com/cleantech/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/ Sat, 26 May 2012 13:00:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/cleantech/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8077 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:03:16 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/06/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8077 [...] sold. The idea behind PACE was developed back in 2007 by Cisco DeVries, who at the time was the Berkeley, Calif., mayor’s chief of staff. The city of Berkeley was the first to support the [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8076 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:45:24 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/06/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8076 [...] sold. The idea behind PACE was developed back in 2007 by Cisco DeVries, who at the time was the Berkeley, Calif. Mayor’s Chief of Staff, and the city of Berkeley was the first to support the [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8075 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:25:58 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/06/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8075 Интересная новость!!!

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8074 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:13:29 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/06/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8074 [...] Berkeley’s innovative program has sparked interest elsewhere in the country. Last year Bates told us he hoped to work with the EPA to create a blueprint guide for other cities and jurisdictions to [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8073 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:54:54 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/06/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8073 [...] Berkeley’s innovative program has sparked interest elsewhere in the country. Last year Bates told us he hoped to work with the EPA to create a blueprint guide for other cities and jurisdictions to [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8072 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:42:46 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/06/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8072 [...] Berkeley’s innovative program has sparked interest elsewhere in the country. Last year Bates told us he hoped to work with the EPA to create a blueprint guide for other cities and jurisdictions to [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8071 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:06:38 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/06/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8071 [...] Berkeley’s innovative program has sparked interest elsewhere in the country. Last year Bates told us he hoped to work with the EPA to create a blueprint guide for other cities and jurisdictions to [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8070 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:52:22 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/06/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8070 Can Berkely’s plan to ammortize the up-front costs of residential solar installation be integrated with companies which are selling the same concept, companies such as SolarCity and others? These private comapnies also include the benefit of servicing the solar system covered by the monthly charge that customers pay them. Will Berkely and other cities pay for residential system upkeep, funded by the tax assessmrnt? Both initial installations costs and system upkeep are current impediments to private home installation of PV.

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8069 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:36:05 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/06/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8069 [...] are taking renewable energy initiatives into their own hands. But while cities like neighboring Berkeley push innovative solar financing plans to help low-income citizens go solar, San Francisco, which recently became the first city in the [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/cleantech/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8068 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:03:19 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/06/qa-with-berkeley-mayor-tom-bates-on-solar-financing-plan/#comment-8068 [...] has just 660 such installations. The proposals mirror the program that could be in effect in nearby Berkeley next summer, which also addresses the high upfront cost of [...]

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