Friday, June 22, 2007

Maine enacted Solar rebate in 2005


http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=34187

Maine's first solar energy rebate program in decades passed the legislature on June 17 2005 and was signed into law on June 29 by Governor John Baldacci, one of its major proponents. The rebate should cover approximately 25% of the cost (including installation) of the average-sized residential or small business solar electric or solar thermal system, making it one of the more aggressive solar rebate programs available in U.S. states.

This passed 2 years ago... is anyone moving to increase the 500,000$ cap that is currently on this? 500k is not enough for this program to really do much good. It is a step in the right direction or more like turning your head in the right direction but not really making the step yet. Or like glancing sideways at the right direction. You get the point, more cash needs to be focused on creating a distributed self sufficient power base in the state of maine.

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