By filing suit on Wednesday, July 14, in an Oakland federal court, California Attorney General Jerry Brown clearly defined the battle lines in a fight that could determine the future of the clean energy industry in California.

As if weak home prices and sluggish sales weren’t enough bad news for the U.S. housing sector. Now, it seems, fresh uncertainty has splashed cold water on an innovative approach to financing energy-related home improvements. At issue? Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac want to be paid first. According to the New York Times, the government-chartered [...]

Santa Barbara County may become the latest government in California to offer its residents an innovative new way of financing the installation of solar panels. The county’s Board of Supervisors will meet on Tuesday in Santa Maria, Calif., to vote on a new program called the Elective Municipal Program to Optimize Water, Energy and Renewables — [...]

Good news for residents of San Diego County: a new program will soon make it easier to finance the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system. The Financing Initiative for Renewable and Solar Technology (FIRST) program will permit homeowners to borrow money from the municipal government to install solar panels, then will allow them to [...]