12/7/15—Georgia only pulls a fraction of a percent of its electric energy from solar power. Despite a boom in the industry that installs panels on rooftops of offices and homes — and even in fields in rural Georgia — and a slow trickle of legislation that has made it easier to tap the renewable resource, […]
11/23/15—The city of Atlanta plans to install solar panels on the roofs of 28 municipal buildings. Once the panels are installed, the buildings, which belong to the fire, police and parks departments, will be able to generate up to 40 percent of their own electricity, Mayor Kasim Reed said. Source: Atlanta Plans To Add Solar […]
10/23/15—Georgia solar installers won a major victory this year when the General Assembly unanimously passed legislation letting them offer third-party financing to make solar panels more affordable. But with the new law now more than three months old, installers and other solar energy advocates say Georgia Power Co. is under-compensating property owners for the electricity […]
9/27/15—The spread of solar energy in the sunny south is inevitable, but just how much our communities benefit, in the form of jobs and clean energy, will depend on policy makers, utilities, and citizens working together toward a solar-powered Southeast. Source: Growth in solar will fuel jobs in the sunny south | Southern Environmental Law […]
8/18/15 | Atlanta—Through its easy-to-use online platform, Solar CrowdSource gives users access to more affordable alternative energy with three unique solar energy programs. Specializing in providing solar crowdsourcing opportunities for local governments, utilities, communities and individuals alike, the first comprehensive solar platform of its kind in the U.S. brings together Community Solar, Solarize and Crowdfunding […]
7/2/15—Putting solar panels on your rooftop just became way more affordable: Customers can now pay for just the power they get from the solar panels.A new law took effect Wednesday that allows financing for residents who want to lease rooftop solar panels. Source: Ga. Residents Can Now Get Financing For Rooftop Solar Panels | WABE […]
6/30/15—ATLANTA (AP) – The largest Southern Co. subsidiary will start selling and installing solar panels on homes Wednesday, a move that could broaden the alternative energy market and also worry the utility’s competitors. The decision is perhaps as symbolic as it is financial. Southern Co. is one of the largest U.S. utilities, burns significant fossil […]
6/30/15—Solar is an abundant resource in the Southeast, though in many places it is an underutilized one. Third-party ownership may be key to accelerating solar deployment in a region where many states prefer markets to mandates. Source: In The Southeast, Could Third-Party Ownership of Solar Power Be Taking Root?
6/11/15—Georgia Power, the state’s dominant electricity provider and a subsidiary of national utility powerhouse Southern Co., is readying plans for a rooftop solar business to be added to the utility scale development it already does. Source: Inside Georgia Power’s move into the residential solar market | Utility Dive
From Augusta’s Fort Gordon to beach homes on Tybee, solar energy is booming in Georgia. In Chatham County, the Solarize program has flipped the switch on panels at four homes over the past few weeks and counts three more under construction. It has contracts on 35 installations in all, and allows home and business owners to […]