Thursday, November 25, 2010

California utilities tops among solar power users - East Bay Business Times:

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The power association ranked the utilities bythe power-producinb capacity of solar electric systems in 2007. When rankex by solar electric capacityper customer, PG&E dropsz to No. 3, and the and the city of Rosevillwe take the ninth and10th spots. Among publivc power utilities, SMUD is the second-largesgt for total installed solar capacity, behind the . Rosevillee Electric is No. 10. California dominated the lists, but utilitiesw in Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New New York, Texas, Washington and Wisconsih also made the top10 rankings.
PG&E's strengthh in the rankings represents the large number of photovoltaic installations on customerse rooftops configured to offset power consumptioj on site before transferrint power intothe grid. Southern Californis Edison's contracts for power from largse solar-thermal systems put it at the top of the but contracts forplanned solar-thermal systems by othefr utilities may take it out of the top position in the according to the solar power More than 4,600 megawatts of concentrate d solar thermal power are planned for development over the next eight years.

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