As panels proliferate, Wisconsin to study rooftop solar potential

Article originally published by Wisconsin State Journal.

The Public Service Commission voted … to study the potential for customer-owned generation, paying special attention to low-income households. The results could inform the commission’s policy decisions in the coming years, particularly on how to allocate resources within Focus on Energy, the statewide energy savings program…

Google’s Project Sunroof, which uses a high-tech mapping technology to look at available space, obstacles and sunlight, estimates there are more than 900,000 viable rooftops in Wisconsin. Under the current funding scenario, Focus on Energy can only support about 4,000 per year.  PSC Chair Rebecca Valcq suggested the study focus more on how to help low- and middle-income families get in on the action…