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 JULY 1998:

1. July's Newsletter and the 1998 Orange County Solar Winter Gala is dedicated in Honor to and Memory of Jimmy Stewart for his prolific acting career and heroic service to humanity in World War II completing over 1,000 bombing missions. While studying architecture at Princeton, he was persuaded to enter his first acting venture which evolved to a prolific career. In 1938, he starred in the movie "You Can't Take It With You" where in his proposal of marriage to his girlfriend, he revealed his lifelong goal to harness the light of the sun for use here on earth. Join us in December for the Solar Winter Gala's "Week With Jimmy Stewart" featuring some of his many best films.

2. THE INTERNATIONAL RACE IS ON FOR PHOTOVOLTAICS
   An Average Of 2 Kilowatt Peak Per Roof Costing $5 Watt = $20 Billion Of Global Building-integrated Photovoltaics 1998-2010
   

   MILLION SOLAR ROOFTOPS IN USA 1997-2010

   
   
   MILLION SOLAR ROOFTOPS PROGRAM BY 2010 FOR EUROPEAN COMMISSION - Plan To Install 500,000 EC & 500,000 3rd World

   "Photovoltaics (PV) is a high technology with strong export potential in a very competitive global market and fierce competition with Japan and the USA. There is a very motivated PV industry in Europe which should be supported in its effort to bring domestic and export markets off the ground. Besides the leading European oil and other big companies, many SMEs are active in the field. There is much scope for their number to increase and for large numbers of jobs to be created."

   High School Energy Debate

   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 2 Kilowatt Peak Costing $5 Watt
   TOTAL OF $10 BILLION DOLLARS OF SOLAR ROOFTOP COMMERCE 1997-2010
   2,000 Megawatts of Renewable and Sustainable Clean Electricity
   Average of 10 Watts Per SF Demands 200 Million SF PV Surface

3. 1998 Solar Winter Gala - We Welcome Volunteers & Prizes To Make This Event Really Special This Year.

   ENTER THE 1998 ORANGE COUNTY SOLAR WINTER GALA ALL SCHOOLS POSTER CONTEST

   High School Energy Debate

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

5. TEN WINNING DESIGNS TO BE PUBLISHED IN BOOK:

   A DOMES DAY BOOK FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM
   HEADRICK SOLAR-VOLTAIC DOME(R)POWER STATION

   A PATTERN BOOK FOR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS

6. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION: In response to my many phone calls and letters requesting inclusion of demand-site consumer technology as a choice in deregulation and restructuring education packets mailed to all California consumers, Michael D. McNamara, Chief of the Market Development Branch of the Office of Ratepayer Advocates wrote me a letter dated May 28th to request my participation in his request for an Order Instituting Rulemaking sent to President Bilas June 5th, 1998. I thought the rules were in place. How can the California Energy Commission offer a $3 rabate for grid-connected solar electric rooftops if there are no industry rules and standards guiding its installation and consumer protection? This is a great honor to have been the catalyst for such an historic process which is obviously needed for consumer and technician safety, however this must not be used as an excuse to delay the inclusion of self-generation as a choice in CPUC mailers and all of their documents mentioning consumer choice in electricity consumption {Assembly Bill 1890 Section 392-394}.

   Consumers and citizens of the United States may participate in this request and rulemaking officially until the 15th of June, however, a citizen may request or submit related information to the CPUC. You can view a sample of the cosign letter submitted with the request for an Order Instituting Rulemaking into the Utility Distribution Company's role in Distributed Generation (DG). The Statement of Signatories, Definition of Terms and Core Questions are reproduced on our website for your information. Please contact the CPUC Office of Ratepayer Advocates directly to request a copy be mailed to you.

7. California Energy Commission - Notice of Hearing June 3rd, 1998 for Proposals on How to Manage the $5.4 million Consumer Education Trust Fund for the California Renewables Technology Program Our testimony is reproduced on-line for your information.
   
   

   
   July's Featured Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Roof
   Intercultural Center at Georgetown University
   300 kWp Installed 1984 In The Heart Of Washington, DC