Thread: Time to say "Adios!" to the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant

Originally Posted by jccawdrey

First of all, $791 mil in upgrades to the generators last year, and second, SOME contractors see big money in your roof. i.e. You'll need to reinforce this, that, and this to hold the panels up...the Solar farms are a good idea, bUT nobody wants the transmission lines to get the power from here to there. i.e. AZ/CA border to our fair city (N.I.M.B.Y.) SONGS isn't going anywhere, except back on line

In most cases you don't need to do a rafter upgrade unless they are really old. More times than not a if anything has to be redone its the comp on the roof. Of all the jobs that I've been on in the year I'm been w/ my company I've only done two rafter upgrades before an installation. The racking system and modules really aren't that heavy. And generally, we space our footing 4' OC. We're allowed to do 6' OC some times but that does put more stress on the rafters that are lagged into. It all depends.

Lets not talk about the **** the bed fest that has become of the Blythe farm. What a ****ing mess.

One great thing about solar in the Valley is that simply by installing the modules it will cool the house/attic down a bit.