Take a load off Texas in the ONCOR service area starting June 21st!  The hugely successful program quickly ran out of funds and has announced a new round of funding.

The program accepts electric businesses and residential customers located in the vast Oncor service area and served by an “ONCOR meter.”  This leaves coops out of the opportunity.

From the ONCOR Website:

Solar PV systems must meet all of these criteria:

• Must be a new grid-connected solar PV system
• Must meet Oncor’s interconnection and Solar PV Program Requirements
• Must meet a minimum estimated performance threshold. Systems with excessive shading or undesirable solar panel orientation will not qualify for an incentive.

Program Incentives & Savings
The incentive level for program year 2010 is $2.25 per watt for residential and $1.75 per watt for non-residential installations. Incentives are calculated based on the total DC capacity of a solar electric system, determined by the sum of the DC capacity of all modules installed. The incentive covers up to 10 kWdc for residential customers and up to 100 kWdc for commercial, government, and nonprofit customers.

This program coupled with the federal program means a significant savings for your business or home.  Texas is blessed with a lot of sunny days and programs like this keep making Texas a brighter place to live!

Review the ONCOR Program Manual Here

Special Opportunity in  Austin Texas June 10th and 11th for a CEU qualifying class in Electrical Grounding for Wind and Solar applications.

Register to Win a Free Electrical Course in Austin Texas!
TexasSolar.com announces an immediate opportunity to win a Free Electrical Course in Austin Texas by the generous partnership with Lyncole XIT base in Torrance California.

Class is June 10th and 11th in Austin covering “best practices” for electrical protection, proper grounding system design process, ground resistance testing as well as the opportunity for hands-on soil resistivity and grounding system testing.  Attendees from both the office and field leave the course with a much better understanding due to the combination of “on the job” training and grounding design theory.

Electrical Grounding Course includes 16 hours of training covering:

• Purpose and Definition of Grounding
• Grounding System Design Process
• Soil Resistivity Testing
• Types and Characteristics of Grounding Electrodes
• Ground System Resistance Testing
• Electrical Bonding
• Exterior Grounding/Interior Single Point Grounding
• Lightning Protection
• National Electrical Code Requirements
• Electrical Surge Protection
  Course Approved for 1.8 CEUs, 16 BICSI CES Credits and 16 NETA CTDs

Signup for the drawing now, the drawing is June 8th

If you absolutely want to get fantastic training you will actually use then
GET MORE INFO AND REGISTER FOR THE CLASS at the LYNCOLE Website.