[Ron61]

Steve & David,

At the rate our electric and all utilities are going up anything would help, but at this time I don't think solar panels are a viable option for here. I live just in the foothills of the mountains and we have thunderstorms, hail, snow, and rain during about 4 to 6 months of a normal year. The past 3 years have not been normal at all. I looked at a couple of new big office buildings they built in Redding about 4 years ago and they have solar panels on the roof that are supposed to just help run them. Then when I talked to a couple of the people who worked in the buildings they told me they were having a lot of problems with the panels breaking and not producing enough electricity to ever pay for what they cost. I am sure that in the past 4 years they have improved on the panels, but I don't have a roof as big as the two solar panels they used on those buildings. I would like to find something that would help with my electric bill, but even the two solar companies that I have talked to here told me that it was not economically practical for me to have them installed even just to help some.

Ron