This is the second month since we installed our Sunpower solar energy system. We got the system hooked up mid February.

PG&E this month came by to change out our analog utilities meter for a digital one. Very cool, although Clint and I are still trying to figure out how to read it. We also got a note from PG&E that we have switched from E1 to time-of-use net metering. It seems that we made it within the quota cut off that PG&E set and will get E7 billing instead of E6 – I have my fingers crossed.

Here are the stats. I do wonder how much electricity was consumed and CO2 generated in the manufacturing of the solar panels and inverter. So hard to say. I think overall any green initiative should have as its first tenet the goal to reduce consumption.

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Loni Stark
Loni Stark is an artist at Atelier Stark, psychology researcher, and technologist whose work explores the intersection of identity, creativity, and technology. A self-professed foodie and adventure travel enthusiast, she collaborates on visual storytelling projects with Clinton Stark for Stark Insider. Her insights are shaped by her role at Adobe, influencing her explorations into the human-tech relationship. It's been said her laugh can still be heard from San Jose up to the Golden Gate Bridge—unless sushi, her culinary Kryptonite, has momentarily silenced her.