They are much more common in certain areas, such as the Southwest, where solar panels dot millions of rooftops in cities like ...

But Santacruz learned her family qualified for the San Diego Solar Equity Program and now 18 solar panels, which were installed for free, sit atop her home. “It gets really hot in East County in ...

Solar panels at a City of San Diego facility. Courtesy of the city The California Public Utilities Commission has approved a new solar energy program this week that can tap millions of dollars ...

Most solar companies ... you send the extra power your panels produce back into the power grid (the big network of wires that carries electricity to everyone’s houses). In exchange, you get ...