Los Angeles Gets Serious About Solar Power

Even though Los Angeles California has approximately 300 sunny days a year to it’s name the high cost of solar installations has made it difficult for Los Angelinos to jump on board the solar trend. Couple that with a lack of solar panel and thermal heater installers and you have an odd lag in solar electricity development in America’s second largest city.

An expected yes vote to increase by 5% the electricity rate is expected to pass without the city council needing to vote on it. Although they could decide to do so. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is losing an estimated $6 a week and is hoping the increase will make up for the shortfall as well as provide extra monies to develop wind farms and repay solar panel users.

The Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosoa is taking steps to make sure solar panel manufacturers are welcomed in L.A. along with the thousands of potential green jobs they could bring with them. He also plans to offer incentives that would encourage Los Angelinos to buy solar installations from local installers and manufactures.

Read more details on the push to solar power up L.A. at the New York Times.

Los Angeles Gets Serious About Solar Power