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City, utilities and industry outline GoSolar SF incentives and savings at building-inspection forum
Summary
City staff and solar-industry representatives described GoSolar SF and stacked state and federal incentives at a Sept. 2008 Department of Building Inspection forum, showing how a typical small residential solar system's net price can be significantly reduced.
SAN FRANCISCO City officials and solar-industry representatives on Sept. 23, 2008 outlined new local and state incentives that substantially reduce the up-front cost of small residential solar photovoltaic systems, and urged homeowners to take advantage of time-limited rebates and federal tax credits.
Program basics and incentives
Laurence Kornfield, chief building inspector, opened the session and introduced Alyssa Pynn, who co-chaired a city solar task force. Pynn described the GoSolar SF program, a locally administered incentive that provides a per-meter rebate ranging from about $3,000 up to $6,000 for qualifying systems and installers trained in San Francisco. Combined with the California Solar Initiative (CSI) and the federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC), presenters said a typical 3 kW residential system could drop from roughly $20,000$25,000 installed to…
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