California Solar Initiative Expected to Pass

What could well be the most significant U.S. solar news for all of 2006 is likely to happen this week in California as state regulators are expected to pass the largest solar energy policy package ever seen in this country.

On Thursday the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is widely expected to vote to approve the California Solar Initiative (CSI), which will secure USD $3.2 billion for solar energy rebates in the state for the next 11 years.