As the new year dawns, are you thinking about that Christmas present you didn't get? Find out why small solar is a great gift for your home in the new year and how you'll save more when utilizing the home energy assessment. Get the most from rebates that the utilities provide. For more information on how you can attend a free CHERP energy wise seminar go to www.smallsolar.org or call Jack Frost at 916-616-7962.

Find out why the best solar is small solar and how the home energy assessment is your best bet to identify the most efficient way to maximize energy usage in your home. Santa loves small solar! Have a wonderful holiday from your friends at the Community Home Energy Retrofit Project. CHERP! To register for the free seminar or to find out more about how you can reduce before you produce visit: www.smallsolar.org or call Jack Frost at 916-616-7962.

Listen this week to hear how the silent thieves in your home are costing you money by stealing electrical energy every day from your outlets. Bill and Duane discuss ways to minimize the power drain and better utilize existing energy before you even consider solar with the home energy assessment. Reducing before you produce is how to best manage your energy needs resulting in smaller solar, bigger savings and more rebates! For more details on how to attend a free seminar or gather information from an unbiased and trusted non-profit resource, go to "www.smallsolar.org" or call Jack Frost (his real name!) at 916-616-7962.

Bill Small and Duane Knickerbocker discuss the values of a "Deep Energy Retrofit" to make your home as efficient as possible. By doing so, it takes you to the promise of "Small Solar" as a result of a reduce before you produce process. Don't waste money on more panels than you need. At approximately $1000 per panel, you could have made your home more energy efficient, minimized your solar requirements and garnered enough in rebates to upgrade in other areas. Find these details and more by going to smallsolar.org. That's wwww.smallsolar.org.

Bill Small and Duane, the home energy master, dig deep into the home energy assessment, it's value and the essence of small solar when it comes time to make your home a positive return on your energy investment. Can you eliminate your electric bill altogether? How many solar panels are enough? Is there always a fight in your home over the thermostat? Too hot? Too cold? How about setting it and forgetting it? Listen today to find out how you really can. For more details about attending a CHERP seminar on small solar, visit www.smallsolar.org. Find out how you really can save thousands on your home energy retrofit and get your certificate for $300 value toward the home energy assessment. Don't wait as the tax credits for 2015 are just about to end.