WEBINAR: CALSSA Residential Storage Sales and Project Management
Summary: This webinar was hosted by CALSSA, sponsored by Energy Toolbase, OutBack Power, ENACT Systems, SolarEdge & Panasonic. The webinar series is sponsored by CED Greentech & Sonnen. Here is Energy Toolbase’s section on accurately modeling residential projects in Califonia & best rate schedules for residential projects (PG&E, SCE, SDG&E). Agenda: Best TOU rate in […]
How we’re Keeping Up our Company Culture during Unprecedented Times
With COVID-19 acting as a disruptive force, remote work has come to the forefront as the best method to practice social distancing while continuing operations. This is new territory for many people and has left a lot of businesses wondering how to maintain a connected and collaborative team while working …
Southern California Edison (SCE) increases rates 7% across the board (April 2020)
Southern California Edison (SCE), one of California’s big three investor-owned utilities (IOU), is on the brink of implementing significant increases to their bundled electric rates. Next week, on Monday, April 13 , 2020, SCE is scheduled to raise rates by an average of roughly 7%, which will affect all categories …
A Definitive Guide to the Updated SGIP Incentive Program (2020 Edition)
The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) in California is the longest running and most lucrative incentive program for behind-the-meter energy storage projects in the country. The program received a historic new commitment of funding in 2018 when the California legislature passed Senate Bill 700 (SB 700), which provided the program an …
3 Ways to Step up your Solar Marketing during the COVID-19 Lull
We’re living in a time of uncertainty as COVID-19 continues to impact our day to day lives. The social and economic impacts are being seen around the world, and some businesses are seeing the effects much sooner than some in the new age of “social distancing.” The solar industry could …
Webinar Recap: SGIP Equity Resiliency Budget – How to Identify & Close Deals
It’s no secret that the recent updates to one of the most lucrative and successful distributed energy programs in the country, the Self-Generation Incentive Program, have been a cause for confusion for many. Since the passing of Senate Bill 700 and seeing the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) finalized plan …
An important message from our President regarding COVID-19
COVID-19 has quickly become a global issue that we take seriously. Despite how it is impacting travel, social interactions, and the broader economy, COVID-19 will have zero impact on your experience with Energy Toolbase. Your day-to-day experience with Energy Toolbase and our wonderful account management team will not change. Energy …
WEBINAR: SGIP Equity Resiliency Budget: How to Identify & Close Deals
Summary: The SGIP Equity Resiliency Budget is one of the most favorable incentives for energy storage projects in California to date. It’s at the forefront of almost all conversations with an incentive level set at $1,000/kWh. This level of assistance will likely subsidize an entire system, leading to a dramatic increase in energy storage installations […]
Our top 5 picks for the best solar + storage industry blogs
The solar and energy storage market is constantly evolving. It can sometimes feel overwhelming trying to keep up with the never-ending changes happening in policy, technology, incentives, and regulations that are affecting our industry. So how do we keep up? Solar and energy storage industry blogs have been a great way for us to stay current on the latest changes and trends affecting the market.
Our New Logo
Today we’re launching a new logo for Energy Toolbase. Our newly designed logo signifies the fact that we recently joined forces with Pason Power and come together to form a new combined entity. This is the first change that we’ve made to the Energy Toolbase logo since originally launching back in the summer of 2014.