“These guys did a gorgeous job on the installation,” solar homeowner Duncan Mathison says of his low-profile Kyocera panels. (more…)

Low-income residents of California are getting some help to lower their electric bills, through a state-run program overseen by the Public Utilities Commission.

The Generating Renewable Ideas for Development Alternatives, called GRID Alternatives for short, was created to help bring solar power options to low-income homeowners. The program is funded by utilities, private corporations and non-profit organizations, as well as through a public benefit fee paid by public utility customers. (more…)

In Hampton, Virginia, resident Ben Cuker never pays the local power company more than $8.25 a month. What’s more, several times a year the utility sends him a check for $200. (more…)