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Oregon solar program fills in 15 minutes leaving some customers excited and others frustrated

Mark Pengilly sat at a computer in his Northwest Portland home at 8 a.m. Thursday, poised to apply for Oregon’s new solar pilot program the moment it opened.

By 8:04, Pengilly had completed an application to reserve 6.5 kilowatts of capacity for solar panels. He hit send, and Bingo, the Portland General Electric customer landed the opportunity to place panels on his roof and get paid above-market rates for electricity he’ll produce and consume.

Others weren’t so lucky. PGE and Pacific Power ran out of allotments within 15 minutes.

Richard Read, The Oregonian

Full Story: http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/07/oregons_new_solar_program_fill.html

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