By Patrick O’Grady
Phoenix Business Journal
The sun may be providing the power for solar systems in Phoenix, but a leasing model is what’s providing the financing muscle to place them on rooftops.
Arizona Public Service Co. and Salt River Project, the Valley’s largest utilities, have seen continued interest in solar incentive programs even though they’ve dropped below $1 per watt. That’s largely because people are getting their systems installed for little or no money down, opting to lease them instead of buying them outright.
Also: Other energy news
Solar leases heating up installations/Phoenix Business Journal
SRP, ASU team on $450K grants for renewable energy projects/Phoenix Business Journal
Auctioning the sun/The Daily News
Taxpayers to Recover a Mere $24 Million from Solyndra; Networks Ignore/The Wall Street Journal
Natural gas drives U.S. carbon emissions to 20-year low/The Washington Times
A Bright Spot for Renewable Energy? Clean Energy Patents at Quarterly High/Renewable Energy World
A tale of two power plants/High Country News
If interested in discussing energy matters, you can contact Court Rich, director of Rose Law Group’s Renewable Energy Implementation Department, @crich@roselawgroup.com