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Bee there with Mendocino Solar Service to “Celebrate our Pollinators” at the10th Annual Noyo Food Forest Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 23, 2016, from 12-5pm, at the Learning Garden at Fort Bragg High School. The fun-filled day kicks off with the dedication and grand opening

A grid-tied solar energy system will produce energy during the day, being “stored” on the grid for later use. You can charge your car in your garage at night using the energy from the day’s production. Mendocino Solar Service can size a system to provide the amount of “fuel” you need

In our February E-News we alerted you to an upcoming PG&E rate change that could impact solar customers. Recently, PG&E bowed to pressure by solar advocates and agreed to extend this rate change deadline to May 2, 2016. If you are an on-grid solar customer on Pacfic Gas &

Recently, we started a new Facebook series that we’re calling: “Short Solar Questions with Long Solar Answers.” Short Question #1: But what does going solar cost?! Long Answer #1:  The cost of purchasing and installing an on-grid solar energy system for your home var

“Bee There!” with Mendocino Solar Service to Celebrate our Pollinators at the10th Annual Noyo Food Forest Earth Day on Saturday, April 23, 2016, from 12-5pm, at the Learning Garden at Fort Bragg High School. The fun-filled day kicks off at noon with the dedication and gran

Perhaps you’ve heard that the 30% Solar Investment Tax Credit was extended through the end of 2019, as part of the tax and spending deal passed just before Congress went on break for the 2015 winter holidays. Homeowners and business owners will continue to be able to claim a Fed

Mendocino Land Trust and Mendocino Solar Service are partnering to encourage homeowners and businesses to Go Solar in 2016! Going solar is good for our environment and good for consumers, too. For more information on how to Go Solar in 2016 and support the Mendocino Land Trust, visit

Already connected to solar? Here’s an important, and timely, heads up. If you are an on-grid solar customer on Pacfic Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) E7 or E8 Rate you MUST make a change before March 1, 2016 –OR– as a default PG&E will change your rate for

After a long year of uncertainty, solar advocates are celebrating two recent victories. Together, these victories provide several years of certainty to homeowners and business owners who are considering purchasing or leasing solar energy systems. In national news, the 30% Solar Invest

Dear Friends & Neighbors, The Year 2015 turned out to be a nail-biter for solar energy, right down to the end. Nationwide, the solar energy industry and solar supporters faced a grim reality. The popular 30% Federal Solar Investment Tax Credit,  which had helped to fuel a strong s