http://solarpowerrocks.com/solar-financing/solar-power-in-portland-oregon-good-idea-absolutely/ Use Solar Energy to Power your Home, your Business, your LIFE! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:29:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://solarpowerrocks.com/solar-financing/solar-power-in-portland-oregon-good-idea-absolutely/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Solar Incentives for Oregon Homeowners vs. Businesses Need Parity @ Solar Power Rocks! Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:49:48 +0000 http://www.solarpowerrocks.com/solar-competitions/solar-power-in-portland-oregon-good-idea-absolutely/#comment-9 [...] Again, this is awesome. By utilizing a mix of federal and state incentives, a business owner may only be responsible to finance 10% of the total installed cost of a solar hot water system. Wow. Let’s turn the focus to the home. While many consider a solar system a long-term investment in your home (the value continues to grow as energy costs rise) those business credits dwarf what is available to homeowners. Cash incentives from Energy Trust of Oregon and tax credits from the State of Oregon and the federal government only seem to cover half as much for homeowners as they cover for business-owners: . 2 kW PV system for residential PGE customers [...] [...] Again, this is awesome. By utilizing a mix of federal and state incentives, a business owner may only be responsible to finance 10% of the total installed cost of a solar hot water system. Wow. Let’s turn the focus to the home. While many consider a solar system a long-term investment in your home (the value continues to grow as energy costs rise) those business credits dwarf what is available to homeowners. Cash incentives from Energy Trust of Oregon and tax credits from the State of Oregon and the federal government only seem to cover half as much for homeowners as they cover for business-owners: . 2 kW PV system for residential PGE customers [...]

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