BECOMING THE FIRST STATE TO
REQUIRE SOLAR PANELS.. ON NEW
HOMES.
SUPPORTERS SAY:
BUYERS WILL SAVE MORE MONEY IN
THE LONG RUN.. THAN THEY SPEND
UP- FRONT.
BUT -- KPIX 5'S MARIA MEDINA
TELLS US:
IT'LL TAKE A WHILE.
MARIA?
((ETHAN ROBERTSON/LEASES
SOLAR PANELS: "this is the
inverter"))
ETHAN ROBERTSON'S -- LEASED HIS
SOLAR PANELS... FOR THE LAST
FIVE YEARS: ((ETHAN: "321 i
break even yeah 22")) AND
ALTHOUGH --
HE'S NOT REALLY SAVING MONEY...
((ETHAN: "24 and my solar is
about seventy five bucks a month
26
and my pg&e goes down about
seventy five bucks a month 28"))
HE SAYS --
IT'S WORTH IT --
BECAUSE IT *IS SAVING SOMETHING:
((ETHAN: "29 well it was almost
no cost to me and it's good for
the environment 34")) AND --
THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
AGREES.
TOMORROW --
ITS EXPECTED --
TO MAKE SOLAR PANELS, A
REQUIREMENT --
FOR ALL SINGLE- FAMILY HOMES --
BUILT AFTER JANUARY 2020. BUT --
THAT ALSO MEANS -- IT'LL COST
HOMEOWNERS -- 10-THOUSAND
538-DOLLARS *MORE UP FRONT.
((DUSTIN MULVANEY/SJSU ASSOCIATE
PROF. OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES:
1333 "in the long run i think
these things will pay for
themselves 36")) DUSTIN MULVANEY
-- WHO IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES --
AT SAN JOSE STATE SAYS -- IT'S
WORTH THE COST UP FRONT, BECAUSE
YOU'LL LIKELY PAY MORE TO
INSTALL SOLAR PANELS -- *AFTER A
HOME IS BUILT. THE ENERGY
COMMISSION SAYS -- THE MONEY
SAVED ON ENERGY BILLS, WOULD
TOTAL --
16-THOUSAND 251-DOLLARS. BUT
YOU'D HAVE TO STAY... IN YOUR
HOME FOR 30 YEARS SEE THOSE
SAVINGS.
((DUSTIN: "1336 it's one of the
few things you can invest in in
your home that you actually
recoup 41"))
((DUSTIN: "1507 electricity
generation uses a lot of water
electricity generation causes
air pollution 11 and if we can
displace any of that i think
that that's a good thing 16"))
ETHAN CALLS HIS MINI-POWER PLANT
-- A STARTER KIT OF SORTS...
HE'S HOPING TO INSTALL EVEN MORE
SOLAR PANELS...
AND MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT, ON HIS
UTILITY BILL, AND THE PLANET:
((ETHAN: "441 especially in
california hawaii texas places
like that why not 46"))
RELIGIOUS GROUPS ARE RALLYING...
TO OPPOSE A BILL THEY SAY
VIOLATES THEIR FREEDOM.
