{"id":25651,"date":"2006-12-22T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-22T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:34:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:34:21","slug":"651-california-aims-to-be-world-s-leading-solar-energy-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/651-california-aims-to-be-world-s-leading-solar-energy-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"California aims to be world&#8217;s leading solar-energy producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span>The commission issued a 92-page handbook to guide California&#8217;s investor-owned utilities, customers, contractors, and solar equipment<br \/>\nsellers through the rules for installing and operating solar-photovoltaic projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div> The state&#8217;s goal is to install 1 million rooftop solar panels on <span>homes, businesses, farms, schools and public buildings over the next<br \/>\n10 years to produce 3,000 megawatts of electricity &#8212; the equivalent of six large power plants.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/>\nThe program has a budget of $2.2 billion that will pay incentives for solar projects beginning on January 1, 2007.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetark.com\/dailynewsstory.cfm\/newsid\/39604\/story.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday issued details for a new energy program that aims to make the US state one of the world&#8217;s  biggest producers of solar 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