ON MORE
SHANNON:GOOGLE'S PROJECT
SUNROOF IS AN INTERACTIVE
WEBSITE AIMED AT GETTING MORE
PEOPLE TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS
ON THEIR HOMES.AND THIS MONTH,
GOOGLE IS ROLLING OUT AN
UPDATE THAT BRINGS DATA TO
YOUR DOORSTEP. KXAN'S ROSIE
NEWBERRY SHOWS US HOW TO USE
IT.ONE OF THE BEST FINANCIAL
DECISIONS I'VE EVER MADE, NO
QUESTION ABOUT IT.BARRY
LOVELACE LIVES IN THE MUELLER
NEIGHBORHOOD. THE FIRST THING
YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO GET SOLAR.
HE GOT SOLAR PANELS INSTALLED
ON HIS HOUSE ABOUT FOUR YEARS
AGO.WE WERE THE FIRST. AND
THEN THE NEIGHBORS AND THEN
THE NEIGHBORS AND THEN THE
NEIGHBORS! AND SO NOW THERE'S
A HALF DOZEN OF THEM AT LEAST
ON MCBEE STREET.THE MUELLER
NEIGHBORHOOD IS FULL OF RED
DOTS. THESE ARE MARKERS ON
GOOGLE'S PROJECT SUNROOF THAT
INDICATE WHICH HOMES ALREADY
HAVE SOLAR PANELS. BECAUSE
HERE'S THE DEAL: PEER PRESSURE
WORKS.PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA,
CONNECTICUT, REGARDLESS OF
WHERE YOU ARE DO TEND TO BE
MORE LIKELY TO INSTALL SOLAR
IF THEIR NEIGHBORS INSTALL
SOLAR.DR. KEN GILLINGHAM'S
RESEARCH IS AT THE HEART OF
PROJECT SUNROOF'S NEW UPDATE.
YOU ARE MOSTLY INFLUENCED BY
THOSE ON YOUR STREET, BUT
IMPACTS CAN ALSO BE SEEN AT A
ZIPCODE AND EVEN REGIONAL
LEVEL.IF MANY OF YOUR
NEIGHBORS INSTALL SOLAR, THAT
CREATES A DIFFERENT SOCIAL
NORM AROUND SOLAR. PEOPLE
BECOME MORE COMFORTABLE WITH
IT.GOOGLE'S INTERACTIVE
WEBSITE ALSO SHOWS HOMEOWNERS
OPTIONS TO BUY, LEASE AND LOAN
SOLAR PANELS.AS THE PRICE OF
PANELS DECREASES, MORE AND
MORE PEOPLE WILL FIND IT
FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE TO INVEST.
IN AUSTIN, ROSIE NEWBERRY,
KXAN NEWS.SHANNON: THE SOLAR
ENERGIES INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
SAYS THE PRICE OF INSTALLING
SOLAR POWER IN TEXAS HAS
DROPPED 64-PERCENT IN THE LAST
FIVE YEARS. TEXAS IS 9TH IN
THE NATION IN THE AMOUNT OF
SOLAR POWER ALREADY INSTALLED,
BUT THE LONE STAR STATE HAS
THE HIGHEST CAPACITY FOR SOLAR
POWER IN THE UNITED STATES.
SHANNON: AND HERE'S A LOOK AT
THE ROLE SOLAR PLAYS FOR
AUSTIN ENERGY CUSTOMERS. YOU
CAN SEE HERE -- ABOUT A
QUARTER OF THE ENERGY IT'S
PRODUCING RIGHT NOW -- IS FROM
RENEWABLE SOURCES. OF THAT --
ABOUT A THIRD IS COMING FROM
SOLAR SOURCES -- LIKE THE EAST
PECOS SOLAR FACILITY IN PECOS
COUNTY. IT CAN PRODUCE ENOUGH
ELECTRICITY TO POWER 24-
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