Well over
10,000 individuals were present yesterday when Rhone Resch of the Solar Energy Industries Association issued the Solar Bill
of Rights in Anaheim, California
The Solar
Bill of Rights
To secure
a policy environment that allows solar energy to compete and empowers consumers to choose, Rhone Resch declared today, October
27, 2009, in the City of Anaheim, California, a Solar Bill of Rights:
We declare
these rights not on behalf of our companies, but on behalf of our customers and our country.
We seek no more than the freedom to compete on equal terms and no more than the liberty for consumers to choose the
energy source they think best.
1. Americans have the right to put solar on their homes or businesses Restrictive
covenants, onerous connection rules, and excessive permitting and inspections fees prevent many American homes and businesses
from going solar.
2. Americans have the right to connect their solar energy system to the grid with
uniform national standards. This should be as simple as connecting a telephone or appliance. No matter where they live, consumers
should expect a single standard for connecting their system to the electric grid.
3. Americans have the right to Net Meter and be compensated at the very least with
full retail electricity rates. When customers generate excess solar power utilities should pay them consumer at least the
retail value of that power.
4. The solar industry has the right to a fair competitive environment. The highly
profitable fossil fuel industries have received tens of billions of dollars for decades. The solar energy expects a fair playing
field, especially since the American public overwhelmingly supports the development and use of solar.
5. The solar industry has the right to equal access to public lands. America has the
best solar resources in the world, yet solar companies have zero access to public lands compared to the 45 million acres used
by oil and natural gas companies.
6. The solar industry has the right to interconnect and build new transmission lines.
When America updates its electric grid, it must connect the vast solar resources in the Southwest to population centers across
the nation.
7. Americans have the right to buy solar electricity from their utility. Consumers have no choice to buy clean, reliable solar energy from their utilities instead of the dirty
fossil fuels of the past.
8. Americans have the right, and should expect, the highest ethical treatment from
the solar industry. Consumers should expect the solar energy industry to minimize its environmental impact, provide systems
that work better than advertised, and communicate incentives clearly and accurately.
Resch is president
& CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association. He made this statement before a gathering of thousands of industry professionals
at the Solar Power International conference.
Solar Energy
Industries Association
575 7th Street,
NW
Suite 400
Washington,
DC 20004
Newsletter
- - Vol. 1, No. 1, Nov. 3, 2009
NEW LOCATION
The Sustainable
Business Group (SBG) will move into the Bard Center for Entrepreneurship of The University of Colorado at Denver at 535 16th Street, 3rd Floor, in Denver on December 1st.
We thank the
Advance Colorado Center and the World Trade Center for being wonderful landlords and colleagues this past year.
NEW STAFF
SBG welcomes Lou Riverso as our new Office Administrator
NEW BUSINESS
SBG has been
hired to promote Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in
Faith Based
Organizations by Turnabout, Inc., a Denver Nonprofit.
SBG has been
hired by the Lockheed Martin Center for Engineering Management at UC Boulder to evaluate the market for executive education
seminars-
SBG has been
hired by Yellow Baron Graphics to assist the company with marketing.
SBG has been
hired to help create and provide consulting for a new wellness clinic in
Lakewood,
Colorado - LifeSource Health Partners; Their website to be up in December
NEW BOOKS
SBG President,
Herb Rubenstein’s new book, Leadership Development for Educators,
by Rubenstein,
Miles and Bassi (Rowman and Littlefield, 2009) is being released this month
Available
at www.romanlittlefield.com
SBG’s
principles have been asked to write two books in 2010 – one on improving productivity and one on leadership, bringing
SBG’s consultants’ book totals to six
NEW BUSINESS
SEMINARS
SBG will hold
its next Business Seminar and an open house in December at our new location, Thanks
to all of our presenters in our “Toward a Sustainable Future Series” this year.
NEW SERVICES
OFFERED BY SBG
SBG has formed
a Finance Group of seasoned CFO’s, pricing experts, and consultants and its mission is:
To Help Companies
and Nonprofits Solve Their Money Problems. It will deal with buying and selling companies, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, budgeting, staffing,
and cost reduction.
SBG has formed
a Marketing and Communications Group in our consulting practice. SBG creates and implements sales, marketing, public relations, advertising, as well as internal communication
strategies, plus provides media and communication training.
SBG has created
the Sustainable Leadership Academy and will begin to offer comprehensive Leadership Assessment and Training services to companies
and non-profits in January, 2010.
NEW WEBSITE
SBG’s
new website, www.sbizgroup.com, is up and has many published articles that can
be accessed free of charge.
NEW JOB OPENINGS
SBG will be
hiring college interns starting in January from all over the country. Please
help us get the word out.
NEW ASSOCIATION
FORMED BY SBG
SBG has organized
the new Denver Chapter of the Association of Strategic Planning as an Educational and Professional Association: www.strategyplus.org
NEW SPEECHES,
ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS
SBG has presented
new concepts on energy efficiency at the Colorado Utility Exchange. The presentation
is available by emailing herb@sbizgroup.com and putting Energy Presentation in the subject line.
NEW PROPOSALS
SBG has submitted
a proposal, as it was requested to do, to the federal government to develop and implement a $5,000,000 Pilot Program to train
10,000 PreK-12 teachers in leadership development. Today, unfortunately, PreK-12
teachers receive no leadership training!
NEW CONSULTANTS
SBG welcomes
Kathy Pitts - Marketing, Sue Kenfield - Leadership, Steve Ostreicher - Finance, and Ron Lev - Legal and Environmental, Tom
Yagos – Leadership, Chris Hoffman – Leadership to our family of consultants
NEW STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIPS
SBG is forming
new strategic partnerships with: ICF International; Knowledge Factor;
The Haines
Center for Strategic Planning; Keating Investments, LLC; HunterWise
Investment
Bank; Business Acquisitions, LTD and Smart Energy Living Alliance.
NEW PRO BONO
ACTIVITIES
SBG is working
with Jefferson County Schools on creating a large scale volunteer management program to help the School District recruit,
train, organize and deploy volunteers.
NEW TIP OF
THE MONTH
Hire a personal
trainer now for 8 weeks. At this time of the year, we need all the help we can
get!
Herb Rubenstein
President
Sustainable
Business Group
Advance Colorado
Center
World Trade
Center
1625 Broadway,
Suite 950
Denver, Colorado
80202
303 592-4084
(c) 303 910-7961
(fax) 303
592-4061
www.sbizgroup.com
