Solar!!!!

I am such a tech and enviro geek, so of course I've always wanted solar panels!

Today I met with Luminalt, who installs solar in SF. We went up on the roof, where he performed his shade analysis. Despite our hill, despite our three-story neighbor to the south, despite our relatively low usage, he says we qualify for solar!

The plan is to go through a company called Sun Run. They bear the cost of the panels and installation (no up front costs for us), and we then pay them for our energy usage instead of PG&E. There will even be a couple of points in the future when we can purchase the panels at a discounted rate.

I had hoped that this could cost-effectively solve our electrical energy limitations (we don't want to spend $15K upgrading our electrical service with trenching through the sidewalk, etc, but we don't currently draw enough power for the additional load of the remodel). Seems like we've found a viable solution.

I'm doing the happy dance!