San Francisco’s East Bay is an expansive area filled with sunshine, rolling hills, and green-minded people, making it primed and ready for more solar and renewable energy solutions. Our Real Goods Solar East Bay office (formerly Regrid Power) provides expert solar sales and installation services to residents and businesses in Alameda and Contra Costacounties, as well as major cities like Concord, Walnut Creek, Livermore, Berkeley, Oakland, Fremont, and Hayward. We look forward to serving you!

ATTENTION REGRID POWER CUSTOMERS: We'd like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Real Goods Solar. Regrid Power is now part of a larger team of solar experts at Real Goods Solar offering the same great customer service and solar solutions you've grown accustomed to with Regrid Power but with an even wider array of products and services. You can still drop in at our local offices in Campbell anytime to talk to a solar specialist. To read more about our merger, click HERE.

California Rebate Drops Soon! Reserve Your Rebate TODAY!

article_rebatedrpNC The California Solar Rebate will drop 41% well before this summer, from $1.10/watt to $0.65/watt. If you do nothing to reserve your solar rebate, you will lose well over $1,000 in rebate money you could have saved to offset the cost of your solar system.

Now is the best time to go solar with the lowest prices and the highest rebate.

For example: if you act now you will save:

$1,240 rebate on a 3.5 kW system*
$1,845 rebate on a 5.2 kW system
$2,536 rebate on a 7.1 kW system

If you are considering solar contact one of our Solar Power Consultants to schedule a site visit or to update your solar proposal, and we will lock-in your rebate at $1.10 for 12 full-months! You can sign up for a free solar consultation by clicking HERE.

*Rebates vary based on system size, array tilt, orientation, equipment, and weather.

PG&E Raises Rates for 2nd Time in 2010

article_solarchart Have you checked your electricity bill lately? Did you know PG&E raised your electricity rates on January 1, 2010 and again on
March 4?

Since December 2009, what you pay PG&E for power has
increased by:

Tier 1 = now $.118 (up 3.0%)**
Tier 2 = now $.135 (up 3.0%)
Tier 3 = now $.286 (up 9.5%)
Tier 4 = now $.425 (up 11.6%)
Tier 5 = now $.497 (up 12.2%)

Simply put, electricity from PG&E is getting very expensive. If you install a solar system on your home or business today, you can take control of your cost for power. Solar system prices have decreased 49% over the last 18 months and incentives are at their highest level. With inflation on the horizon, the best time to go solar is now.

**Source: http://www.pge.com/tariffs/electric.shtml

Real Goods Solar Merges with Regrid Power!

logo_Regrid We are happy to announce our business has expanded through a merger with Regrid Power, Inc. of Campbell, CA. Regrid Power joins our family of local solar integrators who have established market leadership and reputations for quality and service excellence. Regrid has offices in Campbell, Richmond and Fresno, CA.

Vindu's View: Berkeley sees a way to get homeowners to go solar

November 25, 2007 01:45:34 AM PST -- By Vindu Goel, San Jose Mercury News

Every once in a while, somebody in government comes up with an idea so brilliant, that everyone else ought to copy it.

Cisco DeVries, chief of staff to Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and a former official in the Clinton administration, dreamed up one of those just-gotta-steal-it notions.

DeVries crafted a plan, just approved in concept by the city council, to help Berkeley homeowners and businesses pay for solar electric systems, solar water heaters and other energy-efficiency improvements through a customized, voluntary surcharge on their property taxes.