Comments for Salida Citizen

Comment on Contact by Amber van Leuken

Amber van Leuken — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:02:50 +0000

Hi there! Would you please add a new Salida non-profit to your cause list under the health category? Wisdom Within is a Salida-based, non profit resource center offering education and programs that support natural and holistic approaches to childbirth and reproductive health. For more information please visit: http://www.wisdomwithinyourbody.org.

Thanks,

Amber

Comment on Solar panel hosting by Michael Brown

Michael Brown — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:24 +0000

” see the opportunity for renters, low income homeowners, and groups of people without adequate rooftops or land to be ableto catch the sun. ”

I’d like to see how the pro forma on how this is to be financed. How does the ROI work ? It sounds great……..

Comment on Solar panel hosting by j monroe

j monroe — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:51:50 +0000

I’m not sure if a “diversion” of project funds really impacts the industry, I’d like to know more about that. I really just want to see the opportunity for renters, low income homeowners, and groups of people without adequate rooftops or land to be able to catch the sun. I hope the bill will make it through so that we can accomplish at least that…..

Jacqueline

Comment on Solar panel hosting by Tim Klco

Tim Klco — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:19:22 +0000

Emails started flying around last night pointing out more issues around HB 1342 as written. Quoted from COSEIA’s director Niel Lurie: “The Community Solar Gardens bill, HB-1342, would divert funding for up to 10,000 solar installations into a handful of large projects (up to 2 MW), putting the rooftop solar PV market at risk.” ….”The Solar Gardens concept, if done correctly, has many benefits and could help grow the industry. But HB-1342 does not increase the amount of solar, it simply slices the pie into a few large projects, putting too many jobs at risk.”

There is no silver bullet with how renewable energy is implemented, but one thing that needs to be recognized is the amount of jobs that have been created in the industry, jobs that are needed more than ever in this economy.

Comment on Massive rock slide closes I-70 by Mark Minor

Mark Minor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:27:28 +0000

Damn–I’ll bet Christo was involved! WHO ELSE could cause so much inconvenience?

Comment on What does education mean to the community? by Tia Pleiman

Tia Pleiman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:39:56 +0000

Thanks so much Bill! Right on …”Our town has an identity crisis that is not backed up by reality” We have so much and so much more to give……

Comment on Solar panel hosting by Tim Klco

Tim Klco — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:06:51 +0000

I will need a few days notice, if it is nice outside we are installing.

Comment on Solar panel hosting by j monroe

j monroe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:51:46 +0000

Wow, what great dialog! Let’s all get together and do a special panel on the best ways to implement solar in Chaffee County! Mike, Tim, Joy are you game for a Wednesday 9-10am?

Jacqueline
City Squawk
KHEN LP 106.9

Comment on Salida schools Q&A by j monroe

j monroe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Thank you Bill for providing accurate information. After attending School District meetings and talking directly with the School Board, I am somewhat frustrated that your site is the only accurate media source of information regarding this issue.

Comment on Respected teacher will be missed by many by Joseph Thomas

Joseph Thomas — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:42:23 +0000

R.I.P

Comment on Salida schools Q&A by Pam Smith

Pam Smith — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:18:21 +0000

Athletics and activities budget for R32-J. (I am writing as I receive dictation from Coach Smith.) Total outgoing money grades K-12 including sports, all clubs, activities, music, band, drama, and other organizations is projected by end of this school year to be $305,000.
The revenue projected by in end of school year is $117,000. This includes student fees, participation fees, and athletic gate.
The remaining balance is $233,000 which the district subsidizes.
This averages out to $107.00 per student in k-12 for activities, athletics, and organizations. This also includes transportation for activities. (Not bus routes, just activity transportation.)
That is $107 out of the nearly $7,000 the school receives per student. Look at this as being 1.7% of what the state pays per student. These are rough figures which can be looked up in the school budget.

Comment on Solar panel hosting by Joy Hughes

Joy Hughes — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:57:40 +0000

Tim- The person with a big roof who hosts solar panels might be able to earn enough to receive a check. Subscribers whose panels produce more than they use will receive a check by net metering.

(Someone will argue with me, but I still think solar panels are less messy than oil wells ;-)

Ed- You don’t actually donate the roof space, just some portion of the income from panels hosted on your roof. This is included in a contract with the subscriber. Under certain kinds of financing, the panels go with the building if sold.

Michael- The quick payoff will be to an investor who then resells the panels to subscribers. For subscribers, payoff time will be similar to that for panels on their own roofs.

Solar panel hosting is a way to mitigate the effects of shade and to protect trees. If you are putting up solar panels to lower carbon emissions, cutting down trees would negate this.

There are plans afoot to do community owned projects on REA’s that for poetic license are called “solar gardens” but not covered under the bill (luckily, as they will not count towards the bill’s cap of 6 Megawatts). For instance, Holy Cross up in Carbondale is doing a solar garden, and the SLV Development Resources Group is doing a feasibility study for community owned energy through our Rural Electric Cooperative.

Hope this clears things up! Thanks for helping me get the message out in an ever more clear way.

-Joy