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Customer: Tintle, Inc.
Date: March 2008
Location: 100 Union St., downtown Nevada City historical district on new buildings at bottom of Broad St.
Notes: Local builder wanted to install one large solar system that feeds power into 11 separate tenant meters on-site,
including the new Nevada County District Attorney's office that will pay 6 cents/ft2 in extra rent but will save 8 cent/ft2
in lower PG&E bills (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 164 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 34,440W (largest in Nevada County)
Nevada County District Attorney's Office
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Customer: Hills Flat Lumber
Date: September 2008
Location: Grass Valley
Notes: Local business built a brand new efficient building and wanted to add solar (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 160 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 34,400W (second largest in Nevada County)
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Customer: First Baptist Church
Date: June 2008
Location: Ridge Road, Grass Valley
Notes: Local church wanted to install one large solar system on a street-facing roof across from Nevada Union High
School, but financed to be a wash on church's cash flow, got 3 bids (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 126 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 23,940W
First Baptist Church Grass Valley
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Customer: Private residence
Date: June 2008
Location: Auburn
Notes: Local banking industry executive wanted to install large solar system, received 4 bids
Project Size: 104 ground-mounted solar panels, cumulative rating of 19,760W
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Customer: Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Terry McAteer (now retired)
Date: December 2005
Location: Champion Mine School, Nevada City
Notes: Plan It Solar was able to secure special funding that was only available for a 5-week period in 2004, reducing
cost of $90,395 worth of equipment down to $161, sought 3 bids (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 99 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 16,830W
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Customer: Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Terry McAteer (now retired)
Date: December 2005
Location: Union Hill School, Grass Valley
Notes: Plan It Solar was able to secure special funding that was only available for a 5-week period in 2004, reducing
cost of $75,099 worth of equipment down to $161, sought 3 bids (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 84 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 14,280W
Union Hill School (live site)
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Customer: Private residence
Date: March 2007
Location: Penn Valley
Notes: Were experienced owners of another solar system at previous home
Project Size: 80 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 14,400W
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Customer: Flower Farm Inn
Date: March 2007
Location: Loomis
Notes: Local bed and breakfast with adjoining farm and event center wanted solar, sought 3 bids
Project Size: 63 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 13,860W
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Customer: Private residence
Date: October 2003
Location: Santa Rosa
Notes: One of earliest non-local projects, based on reputation, largest residential job until March 2007
Project Size: 81 ground-mounted solar panels, cumulative rating of 13,365W
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Customer: Nevada City's City Hall
Date: October 2008
Location: Nevada City
Notes: Installed on art deco City Hall building in historical district of Nevada City (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 48 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 10,320W
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Customer: Swan-Levine House Bed & Breakfast
Date: December 2005
Location: South Church St., Grass Valley
Notes: Prominent community member Howard Levine wanted solar on Victorian bed and breakfast
Project Size: 39 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 8,580W
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Customer: Nevada City's City Pioneer Park Swimming Pool
Date: October 2008
Location: Nevada City
Notes: One of three installations done for Nevada City (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 36 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 6,840W |
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Customer: Masonic Temple Lodge
Date: August 2007
Location: Spring St., downtown Nevada City historical district
Notes: Local Masonic Lodge wanted to go solar as a statement, sought 3 bids (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 32 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 6,080W
Nevada City Masonic Lodge
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Customer: Peace Lutheran Church
Date: April 2009
Location: Grass Valley
Notes: Local church spent 18 months fundraising in order to beat a rebate deadline
Project Size: 28 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 5,880W
Peace Lutheran
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Customer: Nevada City's City Maintenance Yard
Date: October 2008
Location: Nevada City
Notes: One of three installations done for Nevada City (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 30 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 5,700W
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Customer: Bob's Discount Carpet
Date: September 2008
Location: Grass Valley
Notes: Local business built a brand new efficient building and wanted to add solar (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 30 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 5,700W
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Customer: Sierra Friends Center
Date: July 2005 and October 2007
Location: John Woolman School, Nevada City
Notes: A Quaker-run alternative education school wanted a small solar system, Plan It Solar donated free labor for
installation, solar system was expanded 2 years later
Project Size: 33 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 4,170W |
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Customer: Sacramento City College
Date: November 2008
Location: Sacramento
Notes: 2 solar electric systems and 2 solar hot water systems were designed and sold to the college: one solar hot
water and one solar electric system were left uninstalled and were to be installed by students
Project Size: 17 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 3,510W (2 solar electric systems combined)
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Customer: Donald Fultz
Date: August 2006
Location: Daffodil Ct., Penn Valley
Notes: Builder constructed a low-to-moderate-income model home with solar and efficiency (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 8 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 1,760W |
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Customer: Nevada County Superintendent of Schools Terry McAteer (now retired)
Date: April 2004
Location: The Imaginarium, Nevada City
Notes: Plan It Solar donated a small system to local hands-on science museum (covered in The Union)
Project Size: 8 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 1,120W |
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Customer: Twin Ridges Elementary School District
Date: May 2003
Location: Malakoff School, Malakoff Diggins
Notes: An off-the-utility-grid elementary school wanted a small solar system with battery back-up
Project Size: 6 roof-top solar panels, cumulative rating of 900W
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