In recent years, homeowners have increasingly considered leaving their natural gas appliances behind and making the switch to electric appliances instead, to eventually power their electric homes with solar energy...
Solar Blog
Solar and Battery Incentives & Rebates
Rebates, tax credits, and incentives make solar more affordable, reducing the upfront cost of your system by 30% to sometimes more than 50%. Solar incentives are always changing and usually have expiration dates.
Solar Systems and Batteries
Batteries for storing solar energy have recently gained a surge in popularity. With this hype, it is common for misleading or confusing information to become widespread. In this blog, we break down the very basics of batteries...
Green Tip: Join the Plastic Free July Challenge
If you are not already familiar with Plastic Free July®, it is a global movement that helps and encourages people...
Solar in a NEM 3.0 World
If you followed solar news these past few months or had a chance to read our previous blogs, you are probably aware of the new solar billing structure, NEM 3.0, that was voted by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) last December and took effect...
Green Tip: The Dos and Don’ts of Recycling
How often do you wonder “is this recyclable” before throwing something out? Probably many times, and that is because...
Willow Rock Energy Storage Center
Last month, the Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) signed a 25-year contract with Hydrostor for the construction of a compressed-air energy storage facility in Kern County.
Green Tip: Gardens as watersheds
The recent storms in the Santa Barbara area led to devastating floods and resulted in an important amount of debris and pollution on local beaches that washed off in the ocean.
It’s time to go solar!
On December 15th, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted to approve changes to solar net energy metering, and passed a new billing plan, NEM 3.0.
Green Tip: Decarbonization and Home Electrification
As a part of our mission to help our community transition to a more sustainable lifestyle, we are opening the conversation on home electrification.
Green Tip: Eco-friendly gift wrapping
Only 58 days until Christmas, can you believe it? Now that we have shared with you a list of thoughtful and environmentally-friendly gift ideas, we would like to...
Mindful gifts
The Holiday season is right around the corner, and soon we will all be thinking of gift ideas for our loved ones. Now, did you know that Americans produce 25% more waste during the holidays than any other time of the year?