Many remote homes and ranches have worked without problems for 25 and 30 years.

City of Tucson’s 60 kW photovoltaic array at the new Pennington St. Garage (top deck has a 30+ space canopy that uses PV modules to shade the cars parked on this level)

Imperial National Wildlife Refuge near Martinez Lake , AZ.  Good example of a Refuge Manager taking control of his energy situation and prominently displaying solar for public viewing.

Rate hikes for conventional power are a sign of things to come.  Every cost hike for traditional energy makes solar energy just that much better of an investment. 

SES’ power purchase agreement with SCE is for 800-1,750 MW of solar (the world's largest solar plants, by far).  Though it is in California , the company has its headquarters in Phoenix . These solar plants will be dish Stirling based power plants, one for SCE, the other for SDG&E.