by Jeff Mathias | Jan 31, 2018 | Utility Companies
How does your true up work when you have solar with both PG&E and Sonoma Clean Power (SCP)? One of the most often asked questions I get is how does your true up work when you go solar. While a little complicated, let’s pack our bag with a few tidbits before I...
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by Jeff Mathias | Jan 15, 2018 | Solar News, Utility Companies
During the day when the sun is high in the sky, your solar system hums right along, often producing more power than you use. Your well works, the toaster pops up freshly sliced ciabatta, and you can drink a hot cup of tea or coffee throughout the morning and...
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by Jeff Mathias | Dec 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
While the utility grids are fairly reliable in most urban neighborhoods, in many rural areas long outages are not uncommon. If you want the peace of mind to have power, even when the grid is down, it makes sense to add a generator, a battery, or both to your solar...
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by Jeff Mathias | Aug 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
What do you know about fuel switching? Before you navigate away from this web page to check on your friends on Facebook, stick with me for a minute or two. This won’t be an ultra-scientific blog post using terms that are difficult to pronounce and theories that will...
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by Mathias | May 13, 2016 | Solar News
A few years back, Synergy made the decision that we would focus our new sales on the Enphase Energy Inverter platform. One of the main reasons for doing so, was because we felt it was critical for our company to be able to proactively monitor our customers, not to...
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by Mathias | Feb 10, 2015 | Solar News, Utility Companies
Choice has now come to most of Sonoma County when it comes to who will provide your power. There are three primary types of providers, and we now have one of each in Sonoma County. The City of Healdsburg is a Municipal Utility District, or (MUD). A MUD provides...
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by Mathias | Nov 9, 2014 | Solar News, Utility Companies
I am asked daily, “Should I opt out of Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) or stay with PG&E”. First a little background. I have been working with PG&E, interconnecting solar systems, for the past 10 years. While I have not always agreed with many of their...
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by Mathias | Nov 9, 2014 | Solar News, Utility Companies
Yesterday I attended an update session on Sonoma Clean Power (SCP), specifically on Net Energy Metering (NEM) for solar clients. The session was very informative and the information presented is a “must know” for solar customers making the move. First, I...
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by Mathias | Jun 12, 2014 | Electric Vehicles, Solar News
Synergy has a new electric car in our fleet, and I am the lucky one who is the primary recipient. We have been thinking about getting an electric vehicle (EV) now for a few years, but kept putting it off, thinking the technology would continue to change and thought...
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by Mathias | May 1, 2013 | Solar News
The debate regarding Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) is increasing. Are they green washing and/or do the really reduce global warming? What is a REC? In a nut shell, it is the environmental benefit of a renewable resource over that of a non-renewable resource. An...
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