Interested in Solar Power?

Jenna and I just enrolled with this program (www.1bog.org) that helps people band together to buy solar panels and have them installed on their house. Once a group gets together, they are assisted in bargaining with local contractors and sellers to get a deeper discount and helped through the process of figuring out all the red tape. If you are interested in possibly getting solar on your house, read below and consider signing up. Here's what they have to say about what they do:

1 Block Off the Grid (www.1bog.org) brings people together to get solar on their homes at the same time. We negotiate on the groups' behalf and get each person a huge discount from the best installer. We make going solar simpler and more affordable for everyone involved.

What 1BOG does is organize people in a community to go through the process together. The experts from 1BOG have experience in the solar industry and can both negotiate pricing and vet the installers. Plus, since we’re not the ones selling you anything, you can trust that we’re always advocating for your best interests.

1BOG does all this work for you, from translating the tax rebates, to doing the technological research, to finding the right installer; we make the process easier, cheaper, and more comfortable (since everyone knows that everyone else is getting the same deal). During our first campaign in San Francisco, we were able to negotiate up to a 43% discount from retail.