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‘Solar eclipse’ for California HOAs ★ AB-634 What does the average California solar installation cost? SLIDESHOW ▶ https://goo.gl/njrdem ▶ In CA, the total average cost of an installed residential solar (PV) system is about $16,950 for a four-kilowatt system, the average size of a residential installation. But since we are among 182 owners in the unique Cobblestone Canyon (condos) of Trilogy Glen Ivy, it stands to reason the average-capacity system would not meet our needs here. But even if it did and we could reasonably move through the HOA approval hurdles (see attached report), the amortization of such a system seems well beyond reach. Let’s assume a solar system could drop our monthly bills to zero. For 2017, our monthly SCE bills averaged $58.30, or 644.21 for the year. My simple math calculation means it would take 26 years to amortize a $16,950 solar system.   Simply observing that this idea is not in the cards at this time even th...

*SCS ▶  Mark★Monday  on ALTACITIES + GOOGLE ▶  Amazon eXNG  ▶ ★ ALTACITIES ★ ▶  TODAY ★ WORTH  ▶  Blogger ▶ SLIDESHOW  ▶ Flip② ▶ Mark★Monday ▶ in association with  ALTACITIES , aka @ ALTALOMAN  ▶ Blogs, sites, and media commentary by a cancer survivor since 2006 ▶ archives released Monday-Friday via  NUZZEL  and  SocialCurrentSee ® on  FLIPBOARD ▶  SLIDESHOW  ▶ ARCHIVE WORTHY   ▶  B R E A K I N G  N E W S ▶  Question : “I am a new board member. The present board does almost everything in executive session. Then the president makes short announcements at the open board meeting [as to what were the decisions]. When questioned, the president responds that information in any executive session is confidential. I have spoken out that these items need to be ‘agendized’, discussed and voted on in open meetings. The board has now decided to investigate me for violation ...