Eileen M. Smith, M.Arch. - Founder and CEO of SOLAR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE is available for PRESS CONFERENCE to answer questions related to the status of demand-site consumer services from distribution utilities, the BI-PV industry, the Million Solar-Rooftops By 2010 Program, restructuring of the energy industry, our new BI-PV PEP USA Program and the Solar Development Cooperative.

NEWS INDEX FOR MARCH 1998:

1. 1998 Solar Winter Gala Poster Contest.

   POSTER THEME:

   "What Does The Million Solar Rooftops In USA 1997-2010 Program Mean To Me?"

   1997 Poster Contest Winner Cara Dykes, Senior at Fullerton High School Winning Poster:

   ENERGY FOR LIFE

   1998 Orange County California Million Solar Rooftops In USA 1997-2010
   Solar Winter Gala

   Dedicated in Honor and Memory of Actor James Stewart
   "You Can't Take It With You"

   We salute this giant in motion pictures for his unique role in the 1932 film where he played the son of the president of a development company. During the scene where he proposed marriage to his future fiance, he indicated his life-long goal was to discover how to harness the energy of the sun for use here on earth. The movie gently revealed the stark dilemma we find when we come face-to-face as the pendulum swings to extremes from the struggle for quality of life to the often senseless corruption and insensitivity of an overzealous commerce. Jimmy Stewart played many interesting roles throughout his prolific career. Through his many familiar characters, he befriended us and took us from tears to laughter as he compelled us to view with him many unspoken facets of the human condition and the world in which we live. The 1998 Orange County Million Solar Rooftops In USA 1997-2010 Solar Winter Gala honors James Stewart as a priceless role model through his eloquent portrayals of our struggles within the human condition wherein we find the importance of humane values, decency and fair play most people strive for in their daily lives.

2. One Million Solar Rooftops In USA 1997-2010 Program
   20,000 PROJECTS IN EVERY STATE IN TWELVE YEARS
   1,667 Projects A Year In Each State
   83,333 Total Projects A Year
   With Average Systems Of 5kWp Costing $4 Watt
   = TOTAL OF $20 BILLION DOLLARS OF COMMERCE 1997-2010

3. We plan to hold a Orange County Solar Winter Gala every year of the Million Solar Rooftops In USA 1997-2010 Program - and invite Orange County to grow this important silicon semi-conductor sustainable energy technology industry with us.

4. THE SOLAR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE IS IN THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING AN INTERNATIONAL BI-PV DESIGN COMPETITION FOR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS

5. A DOMESDAY BOOK FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM ENTITLED THE HEADRICK SOLAR-VOLTAIC DOME(R) POWER STATION - A PATTERN BOOK FOR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS WILL BE PUBLISHED WITH THE TEN WINNING DESIGNS

6. WE INVITE MANUFACTURERS, OWNERS AND/OR DESIGNERS OF BI-PV PROJECTS TO SHARE WITH US THEIR BI-PV PROJECTS - WE WILL SHARE THEM AT OUR WORKSHOP ENTITLED BI-PV FOR PRIMARY ENERGY PRODUCERS IN USA (BI-PV PEP USA) FOR THE 60th AMERICAN POWER CONFERENCE APRIL 1998

7. CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION’s LIVE GIVE-A-WAY THROUGH 50% BUYDOWN FOR RENEWABLES DELAYED WITH DEREGULATION UNTIL MARCH 1998

   NEW---THREE DAY SEARCH FOR BI-PV GRID CONNECT SERVICE AND NET METERING CONTRACTS AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON INVOLVED TALKING TO OVER THIRTY PEOPLE AND HOURS EDUCATING THEIR STAFF ONE BY ONE

   MR. TOM DOSSEY AT 626-302-8242 AND MS. LIZ MCDANNEL AT 626-302-1038 INDICATED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON WILL HOOK UP CONSUMER BI-PV SYSTEMS WITHIN A FEW WEEKS IF CONSUMERS CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY WHILE CALL CENTER TRAINING IS IN PROGRESS. SUCH COOPERATION -THEY INDICATE IS CONTINGENT UPON: "Edison has filed the enclosed agreements and tariff schedule with the California Public Utilities Commission. Barring protest by intervening parties, the terms specified in these documents shouild be available to you on or before May 1, 1998. You will be notified otherwise if Edison is unable to offer this service as planned."

   INVESTORS IN THE PLANNED OPENING OF OUR FIRST BI-PV DESIGN STUDIO(R) W/PRODUCT SHOWROOMS SPRING 1998 AND POTENTIAL LIMITED STOCK OFFERING FOR THE SOLAR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATIVE RELY HEAVILY ON LOCAL DISTRIBUTION UTILTITY SERVICES FOR BI-PV GRID-CONNECT AND NET METERING. TOM DOSSEY's LETTER OF MARCH 9, 1998 FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON ASSURES US GRID-CONNECTION AND NET METERING ARE AVAILABLE, TODAY. BY LAW UTILITY DISTRIBUTION MUST PROVIDE GRID-CONNECTION AND NET METERING EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THE SPECIFIC DETAILS ARE NOT IRONED OUT. IF THEY CAN PROVIDE REMOTE-SITE ELECTRICITY WHILE THEY ARE NEGOTIATING TERMS, THEN THEY ALSO PROVIDE DEMAND-SITE SERVICE WHILE DETAILS ARE IN NEGOTIATION. TO FORESTALL THIS SERVICE WOULD BE COSTLY TO THOSE WHO MAKE A LIVING SELLING BI-PV SYSTEMS AND THEIR CLIENTS.

   WHEN WE BEGAN OUR CONSUMER RESEARCH INQUIRY SIMPLY TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE GRID-CONNECT PROCESS WE WERE QUITE SURPRISED THE SERVICE WAS NOT IN PLACE AT ANY LEVEL DUE TO GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS AND IN-PERSON CONSULTING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION INDICATING CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS HAVE NET METERING AND GRID-CONNECTED BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS (BI-PV) HAS STRONG COMMERCIAL MARKETS IN THE UNITED STATES

   WE FOUND OUT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION AFTER THIS UTILITY INQUIRY THAT ONE PERSON IN ORANGE COUNTY HAS BEEN WAITING TWO YEARS TO HAVE THEIR BI-PV SYSTEM HOOKED TO THE GRID. BI-PV PRODUCTS CANNOT FUNCTION HEALTHILY AS A MAINSTREAM COMMODITY UNLESS WE PROTECT DEMAND-SITE CONSUMER RIGHTS TO GRID-CONNECTION IN A MONTH AND REASONABLE NET METERING CONTRACTS. MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE BUSINESSES OF DEMAND-SITE CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY SHOULD BE LISTED AS ENERGY SERVICE PROVIDERS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS AS THE INDUSTRY EVOLVES TO ASSURE QUALITY PRODUCTS, WARRANTIES AND SERVICE FOR CONSUMERS.

   ACCORDING TO MR. DOSSEY, DEMAND-SITE CONSUMERS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN REQUIRED TO SIGN A WAIVER OF LIABILITY WITH EDISON AS PART OF THE NET METERING AGREEMENT FOR BI-PV SYSTEMS THE SYSTEMS MUST BE MAINTAINED AND CORRECTLY INSTALLED TO ASSURE PROTECTION FOR UTILITY PEOPLE WORKING ON DISTRIBUTION LINES.

   COMMERCIAL BI-PV PROJECTS MUST PAY A 4 1/2 CENT PER KILOWATT HOUR CTC FEE TO THE UTILITIES TO GAIN A NET METERING CONTRACT - THIS FEE PAYS THE EXISTING ENERGY PRODUCERS TO ALLOW LARGE-SCALE BI-PV ENERGY GENERATION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OR TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT WHICHEVER COMES FIRST.

   A VIEW OF THE EDISON NET METERING CONTRACT WILL BE LINKED TO THIS NEWSLETTER ON OUR WEB SITE AS SOON AS IT IS AVAILABLE. 3/14 INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE AND WILL BE ON-LINE SOON!