In House Contributor New research from home energy intelligence company 257, based on more than 500,000 U.S. home sales, finds that homes with rooftop solar sold for about 2% more — roughly $10,000 on a median-priced home — when the listing mentioned solar.
In House Contributor California's Public Advocates Office has released its Q1 2026 Electric Rates Report, breaking down a decade of rate increases by utility: PG&E customers have seen rates rise 69% since 2016, SCE customers 101%, and SDG&E customers 98%.
In House Contributor Google has signed a power purchase agreement for the majority output of Steel River Energy Center in Arkansas, the largest planned solar-plus-storage project in the U.S. at 2.5 gigawatts of solar and 2.9 gigawatt-hours of battery storage.
In House Contributor Most California homeowners have never heard of cap-and-trade, but it's quietly baked into every electric bill. Under California's carbon pricing system, utilities like SCE pay roughly $12-30 per ton of CO2 emitted from fossil-fuel generation.