Some building owners reaping benefits of having solar systems on their roofs
The installation of solar panels might just be the next best thing to sliced bread, especially for business owners lucky enough to have flat roofs.
This form of renewable energy is helping save some money for residents and business owners, helped by multiple incentives.
That's the reason in Montclair a sea of solar panels were installed last month atop the Costco on Central Avenue, covering about 85 percent of the store's roof.
The solar array consists of 1,864 solar panels generating enough power to offset Costco's electrical power use by up to 30 percent. It's projected to pay for itself in seven years, said Merry Westerlin, Montclair's building official.
The installation is part of the California Solar Initiative for customers in California's investor-owned utility territories, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and Pacific Gas & Electric.
As a program administrator for the California Solar Initiative, Edison has helped more than 7,000 of its customers install solar panels on their homes and businesses, resulting in 128 megawatts of new emission-free generation.
"For the average residential customer it covers up to 50 percent of their bill, but it depends on the size of the system they purchase and how much energy they use," said Gary Barsley, Edison's manager of the Solar I IncentiveProgram.
Since the state program began in 2007, SCE has provided more than $174 million in incentives.
Barsley said residents and commercial solar panel instillations have become very popular in the Inland Empire.
Instillation of solar panels is nothing new to Costco said Craig Peal, assistant vice president of energy/building control for Costco.
The big box retailer by the end of the year will have installed 37 solar power systems on rooftops of stores in Hawaii, California and New Jersey.
More installations are to follow, but Peal said it will depend on a variety of circunstances.
"It's a combination of prices, federal and state incentives, and if the building is safe enough (for) the solar panels," he said.
Montclair's Costco also has a rooftop weather station that will monitor real-time site conditions and the amount of power that is produced.
The two systems working together can determine from a remote location if the system is operating at an acceptable level or if it is in need of maintenance or repair.
This is important for a system of this size and cost to keep the system operating as efficiently as possible, Peal said.
He admits the company is not trying to be "green" as much as they're able to make "an investment and a decent return."
"On average, 20 to 25 percent of the building's total electric consumption will come out of these systems," Peal said.
Solar companies offer rooftop panels at wildly different prices, depending on where they're being installed and the kind of incentives available.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
This form of renewable energy is helping save some money for residents and business owners, helped by multiple incentives.
That's the reason in Montclair a sea of solar panels were installed last month atop the Costco on Central Avenue, covering about 85 percent of the store's roof.
The solar array consists of 1,864 solar panels generating enough power to offset Costco's electrical power use by up to 30 percent. It's projected to pay for itself in seven years, said Merry Westerlin, Montclair's building official.
The installation is part of the California Solar Initiative for customers in California's investor-owned utility territories, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and Pacific Gas & Electric.
As a program administrator for the California Solar Initiative, Edison has helped more than 7,000 of its customers install solar panels on their homes and businesses, resulting in 128 megawatts of new emission-free generation.
"For the average residential customer it covers up to 50 percent of their bill, but it depends on the size of the system they purchase and how much energy they use," said Gary Barsley, Edison's manager of the Solar I IncentiveProgram.
Since the state program began in 2007, SCE has provided more than $174 million in incentives.
Barsley said residents and commercial solar panel instillations have become very popular in the Inland Empire.
Instillation of solar panels is nothing new to Costco said Craig Peal, assistant vice president of energy/building control for Costco.
The big box retailer by the end of the year will have installed 37 solar power systems on rooftops of stores in Hawaii, California and New Jersey.
More installations are to follow, but Peal said it will depend on a variety of circunstances.
"It's a combination of prices, federal and state incentives, and if the building is safe enough (for) the solar panels," he said.
Montclair's Costco also has a rooftop weather station that will monitor real-time site conditions and the amount of power that is produced.
The two systems working together can determine from a remote location if the system is operating at an acceptable level or if it is in need of maintenance or repair.
This is important for a system of this size and cost to keep the system operating as efficiently as possible, Peal said.
He admits the company is not trying to be "green" as much as they're able to make "an investment and a decent return."
"On average, 20 to 25 percent of the building's total electric consumption will come out of these systems," Peal said.
Solar companies offer rooftop panels at wildly different prices, depending on where they're being installed and the kind of incentives available.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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