Solar rental program in Sacramento California

Local home owners and residents in Sacramento have been partnering with the government and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to adopt solar energy in the cheapest, fastest, and most effective way possible. Since 2005 SMUD has been working with residents to rent out solar panels in order to create a distributed network of individual power producers. What's more interesting, since 1989 when residents voted to close a local nuclear energy plant Rancho Seco, SMUD has been able to place solar panels on that land and use the space to sell solar power to residents who might not be qualified to have panels on their own roofs! In both cases, there are huge tax incentives and the great feeling of helping to save our environment.

These developments are very exciting indeed, however, not every town in America is as forward thinking and environmentally focused as Sacramento, which is the home of California state government, that's where the private sector is coming in. Several companies are now offering to partner with home owners in select states across the US to create a solar power rental agreement whereby the owner of the house can generate his or her own power. At it's current state, a company called Citizenre is taking the names of people who are interested to join the program in mid 2008 and so far they have over 25,000!