North Bay Business Journal

  • Marin Energy Authority files complaint against PG&E

    March 12th, 2010

    SAN RAFAEL (Updated 10:30 a.m. today with PG&E comment) — The Marin Energy Authority filed a complaint with the California Public Utilities Commission today claiming that PG&E Corp. is violating state law by “pouring millions of dollars into a special interest lobbying group that is aggressively seeking to kill a local program designed to provide residents and businesses with twice the renewable energy as the giant utility for the same price.”

  • Energy program sets debt limit for home improvements

    March 8th, 2010

    SONOMA COUNTY – The Sonoma County Energy Independence Program has set a new ceiling on how much debt homeowners can hold when they seek to participate in the energy-improvement loan program.

  • SSU conference ‘call to action’ on economy gets response

    March 8th, 2010

    NORTH BAY – “This is a call to action,” said Dr. William Silver, dean of the School of Business and Economics at Sonoma State University when he opened its annual economic outlook conference Feb. 25.

  • Pros and cons of the Marin Clean Energy program

    March 8th, 2010

    There’s been vigorous discussion in recent months over a plan to provide a significant portion of the energy demand for Marin County from renewable sources through a community choice aggregation program called Marin Clean Energy. The Business Journal invited both sides of the Marin Clean Energy debate to present their views here and in more detail at the Impact Marin 2010 conference on March 11.

  • Marin Clean Energy — pro: Program offers key green benefits

    March 8th, 2010

    Marin Clean Energy is a Community Choice Aggregation program that is designed to serve Marin’s priorities. It allows electric consumers to choose non-polluting renewable energy, lower Marin’s greenhouse gas emissions, reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels, foster development of local green power generation and clean technologies and protect Marin homes and businesses from uncertain fuel prices.

  • Marin Clean Energy — con: Plan carries far too many risks

    March 8th, 2010

    The financial crisis is forcing Marin residents and businesses to spend less and work more. The regional unemployment rate has doubled in two years to 10 percent. Every day, another Marin family is losing their home to foreclosure.

  • CARB fines for emissions

    March 1st, 2010

    NORTH BAY – The California Air Resources Board fined two North Bay companies last month for failing to comply with emissions standards for diesel-powered vehicles. Golden State Lumber in Petaluma was fined $20,000 after investigators found the company did not conduct mandated emissions tests between 2007 and 2008. Napa-based Biagi Bros. was fined $14,400 for failing to properly inspect the vehicles for excess emissions in 2008 and 2009.

  • REC Solar bringing inverter tech to North Bay

    March 1st, 2010

    PETALUMA – The march of solar technology toward less expensive, more efficient systems echoes the development of computer technology, with the same semiconductor core.

  • Solar Technology: Forum to advise schools in solar investment

    March 1st, 2010

    Converting sunlight into electricity on site has become an attractive investment for schools looking to reduce utility costs. To help school facilities personnel, board members, finance and business officials and administrators throughout the state weigh the decision, an all-day Solar Schoolhouse Forum will be held at the Sonoma Mountain Village event center in Rohnert Park from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on March 26.

  • Long-time Napa firm rides heating trends

    March 1st, 2010

    NAPA – Warm Floors started as a solar thermal heating systems provider, long before solar heating became as familiar as the sun to Californians, and solar thermal is becoming a bigger part of the business again.

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