Do your part to save the solar tax credit! If you heard that the Louisiana Solar Tax credits are about to end July 1, then you heard what will happen if Representative Ted James House Bill 510 passes. If you want that to happen, then do nothing. If you want to help save the solar tax credit for Read more about Save the solar tax credit[…]
This morning I was asked to respond to the claim solar tax credits are a bad thing for our state and our country. Bill Profita (Talk 107.3 FM) invited me to respond to the comments by David Williams, the President of the “Taxpayer Protection Alliance” out of Washington, DC. His focus is on government waste, Read more about “Taxpayer Protection Alliance” against solar – Shaw responds[…]
Louisiana’s Limit on Local Power is going to kill our future of renewable energy. Louisiana has gone from the solar envy of other states with our “best in the nation” 50% refundable solar tax credit to the “nearly worst in the nation” .5% Net Metering Cap. A Net Metering Cap means that if you take all of Read more about Louisiana’s Limit on Local Power[…]
Problems with PACE Financing Background: PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) was a copycat bill from a Berkley, California program that’s intention was to open up additional financing options for solar power systems in Louisiana. In 2009, our legislature agreed to allow individual cities/parishes to form financing districts to permit PACE programs. PACE ran into an Read more about Problems with PACE Financing[…]
(Read part 1 of 2 here) Soon after the word got out in 2008 about our “best in the nation” solar tax credit, people began opening solar companies in the state. After a few companies popped up, an individual without a solar company, solar training, or even solar on their house, wanted to start his own solar group. Read more about When special interest groups try to help (2 of 2)[…]
GSS is featured in World Of Renewables, January 2015 issue, as an integrator of storage systems. As a long time integrator of battery backup systems we specifically use Outback Power. For more information and to read the articles click here: world of renewables – jan15
So you want to go off-grid? Here’s a great article in Home Power Magazine. http://www.homepower.com/articles/solar-electricity/design-installation/so-you-want-go-grid?v=print
The future of net metering in Louisiana has been in turmoil now for two years. Unfortunately for solar, a couple of our Public Service Commissioners decided that our 0.5% net metering threshold (a point to review how its working), became a hard cap. It doesn’t matter that it is unreasonable. California is where we look for the future Read more about The Future of Net Metering in Louisiana[…]
I will be the first to recommend combining energy efficiency with solar to lower your electric bill. However there is a difference between the two. Solar comes with hefty tax credits (currently 80%) to lower the initial cost. Energy efficiency improvements do not receive a tax credit. If a company offers to combine these Read more about Beware – Scammers Packaging Solar With Energy Efficiency[…]
Home Solar Beats S&P 500! – Single-Family Residential Solar Power Investment Beats S&P 500 in Most US Cities Pierre Bull, NRDC January 19, 2015 If I were a newsboy, here’s the headline I’d shout out on the street corner this afternoon: “Single-family solar power beats Standard & Poor’s 500, in 46 out of 50 American Read more about Home Solar Beats S&P 500![…]
Do you want efficient solar? It’s the energy yield, not the efficiency, that matters the most. Often newbies, shopping for solar, don’t have much to compare one solar module to another so they look at “watts” and “efficiency”. Unfortunately it’s not that easy. Efficiency is only the watts divided by the square feet. I am Read more about Review: Efficient Solar is Not What You Want[…]
This article is the second in a series of do-it-yourself nightmare stories that I share with you to help you consider the other side of home solar installation. If you haven’t read “part 1”, I recommend you do it first. It can be found HERE. When technically intelligent homeowners consider solar they typically browse the Read more about Do-It-Yourself Solar in Louisiana – Dangerous and Costly?[…]
12/3/14 – Minnesota grid can handle up to 40% renewables so why can Louisiana only take 0.5% (one half of one percent). Is their wire better than ours or is it something else? Read about it here: http://www.solarindustrymag.com/print.php?plugin:content.14828 ISO Study Finds Minnesota Can Accommodate Up To 40% Renewables PenetrationSI Staff, Wednesday 26 November 2014 – 11:31:39 Read more about Minnesota grid can handle up to 40% renewables – why can’t LA?[…]
Gonzales, LA – Gulf South Solar recently completed a solar lighting project for Lamar-Dixon. A 3/4 mile walking path was paved around the lake just south of the Expo Center. Our installation included 65 solar powered LED street lights along the pathway for night use of the facility. Partners in this project were Sonora Energy.
We were sent a questionnaire about the solar industry and I thought I’d share my responses to this national research firm… Q. Please tell me about yourself and your company and organization in brief. A. My name is Jeff Shaw and I am the owner and founder of Gulf South Solar, a solar installation company Read more about Solar Q&A With Blueshift Research[…]