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GreenTown Los Altos Collaborates in Plan to Solarize Los Altos and Los Altos Hills
GreenTown Los Altos joined SunShares, a residential solar group-buy program sponsored by Bay Area Climate Collaborative (BACC) to help communities in the Bay Area advance their sustainability goals.
By Peg Champion, GreenTown Correspondent
Residents of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills are one step closer to affordable solar power. In January, GreenTown joined three other San Mateo County cities – Hillsborough, Portola Valley and Woodside – in SunShares, an innovative group-buy program.
The program, sponsored by Bay Area Climate Collaborative (BACC), helps communities in the Bay Area advance their sustainability goals.
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“This program will help you reduce utility bills, increase home comfort and generate clean energy,” says Kevin Armstrong, technical advisor at GroupEnergy, the administrator for the program.
“In addition to the great group discounts on solar, there are significant savings available – up to $4,000 – through energy-efficiency rebates from Energy Upgrade California.”
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The federal energy Investment Tax Credit (ITC), available through 2016, provides tax credits for up to 30 percent of the total system cost. Read more
