Announcing a Change of Ownership
With this change comes a new direction for American Sun & Solar. We are seeking to capitalize on a niche of the market that remains untouched by other solar companies which is selling kits only. This saves the consumer exponentially and allows them to hire their own contractor or be referred to a reliable installer by us.
We hope to continue to grow this market and assist people to reduce their reliance on foreign oil, save money, and go green.
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What's in the news? Increases Pending ...
We will try to keep our California and Nevada customers informed regarding pending increases and changes with both NV Energy and PG&E, so please keep checking back for updates:
Nevada
NV Energy presented its proposed rate hike at a public meeting on Monday, April 6, 2009. Several opponents called the pricing plan “price gouging.”
Company officials say they need to recover costs of changing how NV Energy obtains the power it distributes to customers. The utility says it has spent $1.5 billion on increasing the amount of power it generates in Nevada.
Single-family residential rates would rise 16.7 percent overall, all users would see a general increase of 13.6 percent.
Company officials say they know the rate increase is hitting consumers while they're down. They asked the Public Utilities Commission to delay the start date for the higher rates from summer to fall, and they’ve asked for a rate freeze for low earners.
California
Utility Advises Customers of Higher Energy Bills
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric
Company advised customers that electricity prices will be increasing effective
today, October 1, due to higher power purchase costs incurred in 2008. Below
normal seasonal rainfall has resulted in drought conditions that reduced the
amount of hydroelectric power available for PG&E to provide customers. This
and higher natural gas prices are the two main factors leading to higher
electricity prices. To reduce the rate impact to customers, PG&E is proposing
to collect these increased costs during the next 15 months.
Today, PG&E also provided the California Public Utilities Commission with
a preliminary estimate of the costs it expects to incur to meet customer
electricity needs in 2009. This preliminary estimate includes a forecast of
2009 electric power purchase costs that was originally submitted to the CPUC
in the summer of 2008, when natural gas prices were higher than current
projections. PG&E will update its forecast of 2009 electric power purchase
costs in November to reflect current natural gas prices. The company said it
is optimistic that when this update is incorporated into the 2009 rate
projection, it will potentially be able to avoid an electric rate increase on
January 1, 2009.
"While the price increase projections in January look better than we
originally thought, we want to make sure our customers know about any possible
energy price increases as soon as possible, so they can begin to prepare,"
said Tom Bottorff, PG&E's senior vice president of regulatory relations. "PG&E
has taken several measures to help protect customers from bill increases, and
we urge our customers to take advantage of the many programs and options
available to them."
What Customers Can Do to Lower Their Bills
-- Focus on Energy efficiency: PG&E offers more than 82 distinct energy
efficiency programs to help residential and commercial customers reduce their
natural gas and electric use. For more information, please visit
http://www.pge.com/myhome/saveenergymoney/energysavingprograms/
-- Become a Demand Response Customer: Residential and commercial
customers can participate in tailored programs that help save money and ease
demand on the electrical grid during peak hours. More information can be
found by visiting http://www.pge.com/demandresponse/.
-- Sign-up for CARE: Eligible low or fixed income customers can save up
to 20 percent on their energy bill using PG&E's low or fixed income discount
program. For more information, please visit http://www.pge.com/care/.
The October 1, 2008, rate increase deals with electric procurement costs
incurred in 2008, and is discussed in a filing submitted on September 30,
2008. Increased costs of natural gas and a decrease in hydroelectric
production have driven electricity costs up by approximately $645 million,
resulting in an average bundled rate increase of roughly 6 percent, to be
collected through December 2009.
The second filing, made today, is a preliminary estimate of all proposed
electric rate changes to be effective on January 1, 2009. While this
preliminary estimate projects a revenue requirement increase of $281 million,
resulting in an average rate increase starting January 1, 2009 of 2.6%, the
estimate includes a forecast of 2009 electric power procurement costs that was
prepared last summer when natural gas prices were much higher than current
forecasts. PG&E will update its forecast of 2009 electric power procurement
costs later this year and is optimistic that when this update is incorporated
into the 2009 rate projection it will be able to avoid an electric rate
increase on January 1, 2009.
Under PG&E's rate structure, the company does not earn a profit on energy
it purchases for customers; the energy is sold to customers at the same price
at which PG&E buys it from wholesale sellers.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation, is one
of the largest combined natural gas and electric utilities in the United
States. Based in San Francisco, with 20,000 employees, the company delivers
some of the nation's cleanest energy to 15 million people in northern and
central California. For more information, visit http://www.pge.com/about/.
SOURCE Pacific Gas and Electric Company
PG&E News Department, +1-415-973-5930