San Francisco Solar Energy Incentive Program Info

From Vote Solar.org:

Friends-
It’s game-time.  On Tuesday, June 3, the SF Board of Supervisors will vote on the proposed San Francisco Solar Energy Incentive Program. 
There are 3 options on the table (you can see them all here: items 14, 15, and 16), but only one will result in any solar to speak of. 

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Dear solar supporters,
Thank you for all of your support and advocacy for the San Francisco Solar Incentive Program to date.  The program has not been approved by the Board of Superviors yet, but we are getting closer to that finish line.
This coming Tuesday, June 3, at their 2pm regularly scheduled meeting, the Board of Supervisors […]

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From VoteSolar.org
“…Second update is on the proposed SF solar rebate program. Yesterday, the Budget and Finance Committee discussed the measure for the 7th time. The upshot: the Committee refered, without recommendation, two options for the full Board’s consideration on its June 3 meeting. The options are:

The full $3 million/yr for solar rebates, […]

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Well, Mirkarimi told a fib about taking the best version they had and removing the reserve on the funds, and letting the subsidy pilot program run this week.
So the news isn’t good, but it’s not awful either.
June 3rd the board will now hear, all separately, the original awesome pilot program, the Mirkarimi modified awful pilot […]

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This happens tomorrow. Tomorrow is the day this subsidy program either vaults SF into a Country-wide leader in solar, or pile drives us, leaving us unconscious and dazed. Here is a letter I just wrote Supervisor Mirkarimi, who will, tomorrow, attempt to inject a cancerous piece of legistlation.
Hello Supervisor […]

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Here are two families that are going to go solar if the subsidy passes:
Hello Supervisor Mirkarimi,
My family owns a 3 unit building in the Mission. We do everything possible to be responsible landlords and San Franciscan residents. We’ve been eagerly awaiting the news that the solar rebate program would be enacted […]

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Dear solar supporters,
Last Wednesday, just when we thought we were crossing the finish line to gain approval for the solar rebate program, the Budget Committee of the Board of Supervisors chose to postpone a vote on the item for another week.
We had incredible turn-out from a diversity of San Franciscans in support of launching the […]

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This meeting started off gloomy, but Mirkarimi made it clear we’re going to take what we got and run with it next week. So that’s exciting. One week and this things starts, hopefully. The only concern is, over the next 7 days, what language are they going to ask to have injected into […]

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A letter concerning the subsidy:
This coming Wednesday will be the most important hearing of the solar rebate program to date at the Board of Supervisors.  The Board’s Budget Committee can choose to shelve a proposal to freeze funding for the solar rebate pilot program.  By doing so, they would allow the solar rebate pilot program […]

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