SCE to Install 250 MW of Solar on Over 100 Rooftops in Fast-Growing Areas of Southern California
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Southern California Edison (SCE) plans to install 250 megawatts (MW) of solar, enough to cover two square miles of rooftops, on more than 100 large commercials buildings across Southern California. The solar panels ordered by SCE - roughly equal to the entire quantity manufactured in the U.S. in 2007 according to The New York Times - will supply enough electricity to power 162,000 homes. SCE plans to cluster the panels in hot, fast-growing areas of its service territory already connected to the grid such as Riverside and San Bernardino counties. SCE will install the panels, which it will own, on leased rooftops at a rate of 1 to 2 MW each week over the next five years. The $875 million project must be approved by the California Public Utilities Commission.