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Solar industry facing bankruptcies, leaving many with roof panels that don't work
Cbsnews ^ | 06/14/2023 | BY KRISTINE LAZAR

Posted on 06/16/2023 4:53:06 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The solar industry in California has experienced several high-profile bankruptcies including one of its largest producers, Petersen Dean.

Now, another local solar company has shuttered, leaving homeowners with unfinished systems on roofs that aren't producing any power, not saving money on utility bills, and often there's still the financing of the equipment and installation that the customer is responsible for.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bankruptcies; bidensfault; california; fraud; grift; industry; roof; scam; solar; solyndra
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I wonder why 🤔🤔 🙄🙄
1 posted on 06/16/2023 4:53:06 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The thieves got in, got their money, and are BK’ing out. It was a scam from the get-go.


2 posted on 06/16/2023 4:57:51 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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I wonder how many millions in tax money they got? Solyndra set a precedent.


3 posted on 06/16/2023 4:59:28 PM PDT by Spok (“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And...I just wonder how long it will be before the leftards demand that the taxpayers bailout those with unfinished systems.


4 posted on 06/16/2023 5:00:09 PM PDT by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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Gee, this has never happened before when FedZilla poured hundreds of billions, maybe trillions, around the country for their pet projects.


5 posted on 06/16/2023 5:00:34 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

More subsidies STAT! 🤡💩


6 posted on 06/16/2023 5:01:07 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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Legalized pot can’t even make money in California


7 posted on 06/16/2023 5:10:27 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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Shocking. Just shocking.


8 posted on 06/16/2023 5:22:03 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized of man.)
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Hundreds of Solyndra type gonefs out there.


9 posted on 06/16/2023 5:22:33 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Isn’t this:

OBUMMER 2.0


10 posted on 06/16/2023 5:31:53 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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"Solar industry facing bankruptcies, leaving many with roof panels that don't work,,,"


11 posted on 06/16/2023 5:39:15 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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If the solar panels themselves are defective, the manufacturer should be on the hook for replacement. If installation is the problem, that should be fixable at minimal cost. How hard can it be to connect electrical cables from the panel array to the home electrical system. You obviously need a competent electrician, but I presume those can still be found in California.


12 posted on 06/16/2023 5:42:57 PM PDT by sphinx
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well my dtr works for a solar company...I hope it keeps going....she's able to work from home mostly.....

solar really is the answer but not sure the way we're going about it now....

first of all, it should be less costly.

13 posted on 06/16/2023 5:44:19 PM PDT by cherry
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I wonder how many of these people are Elon Musk’s Solar City customers.


14 posted on 06/16/2023 5:44:37 PM PDT by GulliverSwift
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The thieves got in, got their money, and are BK’ing out. It was a scam from the get-go.

This is actually TAUGHT in business schools under the semi-benign name of Subsidy Farming. (Grandson showed me his text-book!)

15 posted on 06/16/2023 5:48:00 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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Hey, why are you sitting around typing?

Go show them how to fix iit all...


16 posted on 06/16/2023 5:48:19 PM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: cherry

See Post #16...


17 posted on 06/16/2023 5:50:10 PM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’ve told this story previously. There was a time in Kalifornia where both State and Federal Solar Power tax incentives were high. There was a new Solar Power company a few blocks from my office. They used a former farm facility. There was a large home/office, a very large barn, and a tool shed. They placed the solar company signs on the buildings. There were also a few vans and cars with the company name and logo. Within a few days of the end of the tax incentives, there was no trace of the company. All the building signs were gone, and all the vehicles were gone. It looked very much as it had before the solar company put up its signs.

Without government subsidies (taxpayer $$$) there is no ‘market’ for this crap. We have thousands of years of hydrocarbons. Add in the latest in nuclear energy generation, and abundant, inexpensive electricity would be available. Just look at what happened when President Trump let the drillers Drill Baby Drill. France is building more and more nuclear power to ensure electric power.

Abundant, inexpensive energy equals more freedom and more choices. The democRATS cannot stand free people making free choices.


18 posted on 06/16/2023 5:55:34 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: cherry

Answer to what?

As long as it’s not forced or financed by our taxes knock themselves out.


19 posted on 06/16/2023 6:22:41 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

Precisely on all counts.


20 posted on 06/16/2023 6:26:24 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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