29 July 2010, 12:09 am
Californias first Property Assessed Clean Energy program, BerkeleyFIRST, launched to great fanfare in 2008. But the pilot only produced solar panels on 13 roofs a let-down East Bay Express attributes to high interest rates. Many qualifying property owners simply werent willing to take out a $20,000-$40,000 loan at 7.75 percent interest, even if it could be paid back as a property tax ...... Read More »