SF Chronicle: Sonoma County resists feds on home energy loans

July 29, 2010

Robert Selna, Chronicle Staff Writer

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Renee Hyde, an insurance agent who lives in Sonoma County, could not afford to have solar panels installed on her home until a local program provided $30,000 and allowed her to repay the funds gradually through her property taxes.

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