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PG&E Residential Time of Use Rates Changes Coming

Nov 11, 2015

“Upon the first day that Schedule E-TOU-A and E-TOU-B become available for enrollment in 2016, Schedule E-6 shall be closed to new customers.” - PG&E Settlement Agreement in A.13-04-014 adopted last week by the CPUC. PG&E will be ending its solar friendly E-6...

PG&E Minimum Bill Increase to $10

Sep 15, 2015

PG&E is sending a letter to residential solar customers that it has increased the minimum bill charge to $10 effective September 1, 2015. This change impacts every residential customer that receives electricity from PG&E, but is most noticeable to solar...

A Day in the Life of a Luminalt Solar Design Engineer

Aug 14, 2015

Luminalt engineers and designs the solar systems that we build. Having these services in house provides a seamless service to our clients and allows free flowing communication across design and build departments. Check out this video that goes through a day in the...

Investing in San Francisco Youth Creates a Brighter Future – Luminalt Summer Interns Erika and Demetri Write About SF Youth Jobs+

Aug 7, 2015

Young adults in San Francisco need job skills and experience to participate in the Bay Area’s economic growth. This summer we participated in SF Youth Jobs+ by interning at Luminalt, a locally owned solar installer. The goal of this City-wide program is to provide...

Carbon, Compost & Climate Event at the Presidio June 18-21

Jun 19, 2015

Join Luminalt and Matter of Trust 6/18 through 6/21 at the Carbon, Compost, and Climate event at 34 Graham Street in the Presidio. At 2pm on Friday the 19th Jeanine Cotter will speak on ways to engage the public on the topic of climate change and ways to create jobs...

Rally in San Francisco Urges CPUC to Continue Good Solar Policy

May 21, 2015

More than 100 solar workers rallied this morning at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to continue policies that support the rooftop solar customers in California. Speakers included Luminalt's Manager of Community Engagement, Melissa Brewster. "Solar...

Luminalt’s Jeanine Cotter: How Solar Loses Without a Diverse Workforce

Apr 21, 2015

Solarenergy.net Posted on Tuesday April 21, 2015 by Rachel Barron Jeanine Cotter, CEO of solar installation company Luminalt, has witnessed profound resiliency. She watched her mother transform her life from divorcée, single teenage mother of two children, and...

Time of Use Rates in a Nutshell

Mar 27, 2015

When you go solar you will most likely switch your current PG&E rate schedule to a Time of Use (TOU) rate. That means that the rate that you pay to PG&E per kWh will be determined by the time of day. This also applies to the credits you will receive. When your...

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