Renewable Funding

When we moved here to the Ozarks, there was nothing I would have liked more than to be able to say "goodbye" to our electric company - or at least cut down on what we use from them. Although we have a perfectly good electricity producing dam not 20 miles from our house, our energy comes from a nuclear plant in New Orleans.
However, the cost of solar was so prohibitive that we quickly dropped that idea. I was alerted a couple of weeks ago to a program being tested in Berkley, Calif. in which homeowners are able to finance solar panels through a 20 year line item added to their property tax bill. That certainly changes the ballgame and could make solar more affordable for more individuals. I don't look for my county to institute it anytime soon though.
For more information, go to http://www.renewfund.com/