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Occidental Power Solar and Energy Storage has been featured in current SF Bay Area news stories and on local television before solar power became a household word. The following highlights some of these stories, including a news report about solar from a Norway public broadcast station.
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Occidental Power Featured on Broadcast News before Solar Was Nationally Popular»
Occidental Power Protests PG&E Management
OCTOBER 2021 - Greg with with mascot and several staff members on front steps of
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to protest PG&E management.
See related story on NBC Bay Area News "Groups Protest PG&E Rate Hike in San Francisco"
...PG&E rates have gone up 38% from January 2021 to September 2023...
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Visionary Castro Homeowner Launched a Power Revolution
San Francisco Bay Times, October 2019
President and GM, Greg Kennedy Interviewed on Norway News Feature (Languages: Norwegian/English)
Greg speaking to Gro Holm of NRK TV (Norwegian Television Public Broadcasting Company)
Vimeo, Posted February 2017
Occidental Power GM Greg Kennedy joins Enerplus' Expert Club in India to teach
solar energy
Enerplus Solutions Club Blog Post, March 2013
Mayor Lee Announces Full Funding for GoSolarSF Program
California Newswire, March 2013
San Francisco's Favorite Hardware Store Re-COLE-mends
Occidental Power — Meet Greg: Our Solar Energy Expert [PDF]
Cole Hardware Newsletter, July 2010
Tree Policy Hinders City's Green Policy
ABC7, July 2009
SF Conservation Corps Keeps It Green
ABC7, March 2009
Entrepreneur Profile: Greg Kennedy
San Francisco Business Times, July 2007
See Occidental Power's client, Peter Boyer, on World News Tonight with Charles Gibson, talking about his SunPower system! Land Rover vs. the Prius: Charles Gibson Takes Global Warming Discussion to SF Residents
May 2007, ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson
Solar Rises Over Fog City
April 2007, SFGate.com
Glissade Snowboards Becomes PG&E's 10,000th Solar Customer
February 2006, Glissade Snowboards Press Release
Rainbow Grocery Installs Solar-Thermal and Electric Systems
Green Biz, January 2003
The Rosebud Agency in San Francisco Is First Music Industry Facility to Convert to 100% Solar Power
December 2000, Rosebud Agency Press Release
Rainbow Grocery Installs 10kW Solar Electric System
NBC News Channel 11, January 2003
Prop B Allows San Francisco to Buy $100 Milliion of Renewable Energy
ABC 7 News, November 2001
San Francisco Plans to Go Solar on All City Buildings
NBC News Channel 11, November 2001
San Francisco Pushing for Solar
ABC 7 News, November 2001
Three Bay Area Residents Living Off the Grid
KTVU 2 10 O'Clock News, February 2001
General Manager, Greg Kennedy Testifies at
Public Hearing about the San Francisco Green Initiative
Public Health & Environment Video, May 2000
Solar Program Lights Up Lives
ABC 7 News, November 1994
Occidental Power's client, Peter Boyer, on World News Tonight with Charles Gibson, talking about his SunPower system
Land Rover vs. the Prius:
Charles Gibson Takes Global Warming Discussion to SF Residents ABC World News Tonight with Charles Gibson