1BOG Featured in SF Chronicle by

1BOG was recently featured in a 3 page article The San Francisco Chronicle.  The response from this exposure has been overwhelming and we have had about 300 applicants because of it so far.  We hope to secure very favorable terms fro the group in January.  

From the article:

” Here’s how it works:

– 1BOG invites people to become a member by signing up through its online registry. Joining 1BOG is free; members are under no obligation to buy a system and are forwarded to an installer only if they want to proceed.

– It requests data from its members: What is their electrical usage; how big a system do they require?

– It initiates a competitive bidding process to, as Ventura said in an e-mail, ensure the “best overall pricing, terms and services” for its members. “We negotiate pricing based on numbers of registrants,” Ventura said in the e-mail. “The bigger the group, the larger the savings.”

– Once 1BOG signs up a solar firm, it puts its members in touch with the solar installer. The installer then does an on-site evaluation of each home, and that’s it. The work of 1BOG is done.”