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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]I work in the industry. These are all gimmicks. Honestly, the idea of clean energy in DC only makes people feel good. It has no big effect on anything, but it gives you a talking point.

I find the idea of switch from gas to electricity to be ludicrous. How do you think electricity is made? We don't have enough land for utility scale renewable energy that would have a real impact. [/quote]

What part of the industry to you work in, the coal or petroleum part? Electricity can be produced from renewable sources. While covering all of DC's needs may not be immediately possible, solar can make a significant impact. Solar is covering over 90% of my home's needs, including charging an electric car. If this experience were repeated all over the city, it would have a very important and noticeable difference.

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I work in renewables. I think DC is completely unrealistic. Even if they provide help to lower income people, solar is really expensive to install and so are electric vehicles. I have one myself. I paid a lot of money for it. Also, who can afford the upfront costs of putting in a charger? Most people don't have garages and DC's infrastructure sucks. I truly believe DC needs to slow down. I wouldn't get a subsidy for solar panels and can't afford them without it. There are thousands of people like me.

How much were your solar panels?[/quote]

I will repeat again. Poor people and get free solar sponsored by the government. Everyone else can get free solar through private companies. What happens is a company will install panels for you, but you sign over your SRECs to them. You get ownership of the panels and any electrical savings. The company gets the SRECs which they sell and make a profit. Anyone in DC with a south facing roof should be able to afford solar.

If you want to buy your system, which I did, you get a 30% tax credit from the Federal government. My system cost just over 20k, but I will get 30% back when I do my taxes next year. Chargers are cheap. In fact my car came with a level 2 charger. I went ahead and bought a fancier one, but the Federal government will provide a tax credit for 30% up to $1,000 and the DC government will provide a %50 credit up to $1,000. My charger was only $500. The installation was expensive because I had to run a cable quite a ways. But, the tax credits will make it more affordable. 
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