{"id":7766,"date":"2019-09-16T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=7766"},"modified":"2019-09-16T11:59:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T18:59:12","slug":"community-members-invited-to-solarize-yakima-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/community-members-invited-to-solarize-yakima-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Members Invited to Solarize Yakima Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>People living in Yakima who are\ninterested in installing solar panels as part of the <em>Solarize Yakima<\/em> campaign are invited to attend a free workshop in\norder to qualify for a free site assessment and a group discount on\ninstallation costs. The campaign is a partnership between the City of Yakima\nand Spark Northwest, a non-profit committed to accelerating a shift to clean\nenergy one community at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next workshop will be in\nSpanish and will be held at\n6:00 pm on Wednesday, September 25<sup>th<\/sup> at the Henry Beauchamp, Jr. Community Center (1211 S. 7<sup>th<\/sup> Street). The workshop will\nlast about 90 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People can register for the\nworkshop by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/solarizenw.org\/event\/solarizado-del-yakima\/\">https:\/\/solarizenw.org\/event\/solarizado-del-yakima\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany people don\u2019t realize that\nthe price of solar has dropped over 50 percent in the past five years, so going\nsolar is more achievable than you might think,\u201d said Jill Eikenhorst, Spark Northwest\nProject Manager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A volunteer committee is\ncurrently undergoing a competitive process to select a local solar installer to\nprovide group purchase installations during the Solarize Yakima campaign. Participants in the campaign will be\neligible for the group discount in addition to a federal tax incentive for the\ninstallation of solar energy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\nincentive, however, won\u2019t be around for long. A federal tax credit will step\ndown in value beginning in 2020, from 30 percent of the installation cost this\nyear to 26 percent for systems installed next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Solarize Yakima campaign is part\nof the Solar Plus initiative, a three-year joint effort led by the Washington\nState Department of Commerce and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Solar\nEnergy Technologies office. It is intended to develop strategies for increasing\nsolar energy and modernizing energy infrastructure.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spark Northwest was founded in\n2001 and, through renewable energy projects and policy reform, envisions a\nregion powered by clean energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Solarize-Yakima-Workshop-News-Release.pdf\">Solarize-Yakima-Workshop-News-Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Solarize-Yakima-Workshop-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People living in Yakima who are interested in installing solar panels as part of the Solarize Yakima campaign are invited to attend a free workshop in order to qualify for a free site assessment and a group discount on installation costs. 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