Friends & Neighbors, Hot Purple Energy extends its deepest gratitude to the hard-working craftsmen who are diligently contributing to the development of a robust and dependable power grid system, one that ultimately serves the greater good of our community and beyond. Here at HPE, our team embodies a set of… Read More »Friends and Family HPE Solar News
Our society is moving rapidly towards electrification. Building electrification is good for the climate, good for our health, and good for our economy. We’ll all be using more electricity — it’s inevitable. Luckily, using all this extra electricity for our heating and our cars is inexpensive when you get it… Read More »Biggest Electrification Roadblock is Your Utility
Let’s dive into an opinion piece from none other than HPE’s very own Gene Kelly. His stance on the utilities mirrors our collective viewpoint here, and we genuinely hope that it resonates with you as well. This year we celebrate America’s 247th year of independence. It feels odd that we still need… Read More » Life, Liberty, and the Continued Pursuit of Energy Independence
Solar Tax Credit to Stay at 26% for Two More Years Last week, Congress passed a $900 billion COVID Relief package combined with a 1.4 trillion Omnibus Spending Bill providing extended funding and policy changes for several sectors this upcoming Fiscal Year (2021) bringing positive news to the renewable energy… Read More »Residential Solar Tax Credit Extended through 2023
Southern California Edison (SCE), the electric utility who services 14 million people across Southern California including most of the Coachella Valley filed an application through the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in August of 2019 to increase their electric utility rates by 14% to customers in 2021 that would net… Read More »SC Edison to Increase Electric Rates by 14%
The California Public Utilities Commission has released new guidelines in the California Solar Protection Guide that will protect homeowners going solar. The CPUC will now require all solar companies to upload a copy of the guide to the utility (SCE) signed by the consumer coming September 30th, 2019. Solar has… Read More »The Best Solar Resource | CPUC’s California Solar Protection Guide
ELECTRIC BIKE GIVE AWAY We can’t make you promise to go solar in 2017, but we hope to at least inspire you to live a more heart healthy life! Today is the day to make a change and start building a healthier Coachella Valley! As part our continued support for… Read More »Pose with a Rose and Make A Promise
Wishing you a sustainable and beautiful Earth Day… Six years ago today we launched our Hot Purple Energy onto the Coachella Valley with our first event and first flyer. The message was DO SOMETHING FOR THE EARTH EVERY DAY. This message is as relevant today as it was then. In… Read More »Happy Earth Day 2016
Hot Purple Energy – with a focus on the “E”— presented a sustainability award today to the City of Palm Springs for their commitment to a cleaner energy future, and is complementing this award by providing a one kilowatt solar system – valued at $5,000 – to the City for… Read More »Hot Purple Energy Donates Palm Springs Solar Stage
