Pacific Gas and Electric is proposing an economic development rate that could potentially offer a discount of up to 35 percent to large employers who use 200 kilowatts of electricity or more a month, if approved by the California Public Utilities Commission.
San Benito County officials have followed a wise path by encouraging private solar development while taking a hands-off policy toward public-private partnerships undertaken by other local governments.
A year after developer Megawatt Energy submitted a preliminary application to build a solar energy facility just outside of the Hollister city limits, near Union and Cienega roads, the project is getting closer to breaking ground.