"California Utility to Install Solar Panels"-NYTimes

By MATTHEW L. WALD
Published: March 27, 2008

An electric company plans to install a huge patchwork of solar cells, 10 times bigger than any previous such installation, on more than 100 large rooftops around Southern California.

The California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, will take part when Southern California Edison announces the plan on Thursday. The solar panels, covering more than two square miles of rooftop, will be able to produce 250 megawatts of electricity when the sun is shining, enough to power about 160,000 homes......

....offer cheaper electricity or lease payments in exchange for the use of a roof.

....He added that more partnerships between commercial building owners and utilities could “set off a huge wave of renewable energy growth.”

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