Los Angeles Relaunches Solar Discount Program

For solar installation discounts, starting from homeowners and businesses, it is natural that the greater the discount, the better, and if it is from the point of view of public utilities and government agencies that offer discounts, the opposite is true.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Electricity (DWP) announced on Tuesday that it will relaunch new solar discount programs, and that the "discount" standard will be lower. As early as April, the Ministry of Hydropower stopped the discount program by quoting demand records and declining inventory conditions.

And with this new solar discount, DWP's solar rewards program will offer home solar discounts of $2.00-$2.20/W – a reduction of about 45% from the previous $3.25/W.

So it is not surprising that solar companies are not happy.

“Los Angeles should be the leader in home solar energy. However, the city's (discount) standards lag far behind most similar cities.” SunRun Administrative Officer Ethan Sprague said that SunRun is a local Los Angeles company that provides solar leasing. business.

Compared to other states in the United States, $2.00/watt is considered a very generous solar discount. So the logic behind Sprague is that some people think that there is a need for a more generous discount to stimulate demand, mainly because the electricity in the DWP service sector is lower than the statewide average. So SunRun's energy analysts will complain that $2.00/watt is simply not going to work. Anyway, the $2.00/W off is still better than $0/Watt.