Top Six Global Solar Installers by Country Germany, China, Japan, USA, France, Italy, Top six solar-energy producing states California, Arizona, New Jersey, Nevada, Colorado, North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Return on solar investment 11% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Payback Time on solar investment 5.0 YEARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Equivalent to Planting 3,030 trees (per home) SLO County Residential Solar Savings Number installed watts per CA resident (population: 38,332,000) .05 watts Solar County USA is a grass-roots movement whose mission is to educte, enhance and enrich the lives of SLO County residents thru renewable solar energy adoption. *Sources: Green Tech Media, Green Tech Research; TheEnergyCollective.com; Buildings Energy Data Book, US Dept of Energy; www.eis.gov/emeu/checs; City Data.com; U.S Census Bureau, 2012; Go Solar California; Center for Sustainabile Energy, California, The Solar Foundation. 25-year residential savings assumes an average annual energy rate increase of 5%. Data compiled by Frank Scotti, Experience Director at Solarponics. Mr. Scotti can be reached at [email protected]. To learn more, visit solarcountyusa.org. © 2014 Solarponics, Inc. Number of homes in SLO County 66,000+ Number of homes w/ solar potential 20,000+ The US is #4 in global solar energy production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . California, 2,273 MW Arizona 1,098 MW New Jersey 971 MW Nevada 339 MW Colorado 238 MW North Carolina 229 MW California is #1 in U.S. Solar Energy Production San Luis Obispo County is #1 in California solar energy production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Savings Over 25 Years $ 93,000 (per home) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average Monthly Bill (current) $250 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . solar countyusa.org SLO County Homeowner Savings Over 25 Years $ 1, 86 0,000,000.00 (that’s BILLION, with a “B”) U.S. Solar Industry Jobs 142,698 in 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20% U.S. Solar Industry Job Growth in 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Number of installed watts per per SLO County resident (population: 276,000) 2.96 watts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . © 2014 Solarponics, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Monthly Bill (year one) $45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,000 homes x $ 93,000 in savings so l a r c ou n t y u s a . o r g S A N L U I S O B I S P O C O U N T Y , C A U S A SOLAR COUNTY s o l a r c o u n t y u s a . o r g S A N L U I S O B I S P O C O U N T Y , C A U S A SOLAR COUNTY 32 GW 17 GW 18.3 GW 12 GW 4 GW 10 GW (Source: Clean Technica, as of June 25, 2013) 817.5 MW (owner-occupied) 7.2 MW INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . . . .