Google PowerMeter is a free electricity usage monitoring tool that gives you information about your home energy consumption. Google PowerMeter receives information from utility smart meters and in-home energy management devices and visualizes this information for you on iGoogle (your personalized Google homepage). Google PowerMeter is free to both utilities and consumers.
It works with The Energy Detective Device from Energy Inc. With Google PowerMeter, you can access the web including through iGoogle for mobile phones to get information from anywhere. Combined with Google PowerMeter, the TED 5000 device can help you understand your electricity usage to save energy and money.
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Under present law, a federal-level investment tax credit (ITC) is available to help consumers purchase small wind turbines for home, farm, or business use. Owners of small wind systems with 100 kilowatts (kW) of capacity or less can receive a credit for 30% of the total installed cost of the system.
The value of the small wind tax credit is now uncapped with the passage of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus Bill)! |
February 2009 Federal Stimulus Bill Summary by Solar Energy Industries Assoc. (SEIA)
Key Provisions Benefiting the Solar Energy Industry in H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The key provisions have been placed in categories to reflect how solar energy companies, their clients or the industry in general will benefit from and gain access to specific funding for solar projects.
- Federal
guidance pending: Agency guidance in the next 60 to 90 days; member alerts will be issued accordingly.
- Tax
code provision: Effective upon enactment unless noted otherwise; Solar Tax Manual will be updated.
- # Enhanced
funding for existing State programs: Federal funds will be directed to States for distribution. State agencies will provide access to funds.
- Agency specific appropriations: Funds directed to specific agencies for programs or projects that are most likely already in the pipeline.
Download these federal law details above in SEIA Guide to the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (.pdf) |
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