Coachella Valley arena developers tout new sustainability efforts

[ad_1] Developers of a proposed 11,000-seat, $250 million arena that could break ground in the Coachella Valley as soon as this spring are touting new plans for the facility ultimately to be powered with solar energy and have a plan to generate zero waste and be entirely carbon neutral by 2025.  But Oak View Group — the arena’s developer — stipulates that achieving those goals […]

What happened when IID changed net metering

[ad_1] The sunny southeastern corner of California seems like a natural place for the adoption of rooftop solar systems. But in the past few years, the number of residents putting panels on their homes has plummeted. In 2016, 1,696 residential solar systems were installed by homeowners served by the Imperial Irrigation District — a utility that serves Imperial […]