• January 24, 2024
• Phil Villagomez
• InsightSchools

Phil Villagomez here, welcoming you to the inaugural edition of TerraVerde’s “Energy Chat Blog.” I recently had the privilege of interviewing Matt Belasco of Pittsburg Unified School District, and I cannot think of a better leader to interview for this …

• January 10, 2024
• Phil Villagomez
• InsightSchools

While many of us have been ringing in the new year, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and other state utilities have been ringing in significant new rate hikes.  PG&E has announced utility rate hikes of 13%, a slight relief …

• January 4, 2024
• Phil Villagomez
• InsightSchools

Does your school district have active solar PV systems?  If so, you will want to be aware of this new threat to your project’s long-term savings.

For many California school districts, the investments they have made in deploying solar PV …

• June 9, 2023
• Phil Villagomez
• InsightSchools

The Department of Energy is seeking applications for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG).  The program has been funded with $550,000,000 and will consist of both formula and competitive grants.

Formula grants are issued to states each …

• October 24, 2019
• David Burdick
• InsightSchools

For the second time in the past two weeks, homes and businesses in California are without power. The prospect of continued Public Safety Power Shutoff events are leaving communities wondering how they can manage through outages that could last for …

• August 27, 2019
• David Burdick
• Asset ManagementSchoolsSolarWater Agencies

Earlier this year, the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) announced that the U.S. is now home to over 2 million solar (PV) installations. What is even more incredible, is that this announcement came only three years after the industry …

• July 10, 2019
• Karly Zimmerman Fogg
• InsightSchools

You may wonder what the best, most effective way is to lower your energy costs. The answer is a comprehensive approach that addresses both your current and your future energy demands through a new approach called Energy Master Planning. …

• November 13, 2018
• David Burdick
• NewsSchools

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• July 16, 2018
• David Burdick
• InsightSchoolsSolar

How much money did you lose last year on your solar investment?

In California alone, we’ve seen 21 gigawatts of solar (photovoltaic) installed, representing $42.7 billion in capital investments. The deployment of these systems is only the first step in …

• August 10, 2017
• Ali Chehrehsaz
• InsightSchools