The City of Riverside is committed to supporting and building alternative methods of generating power through renewable resources. An example is the 81-kilowatt Photovoltaic (solar) Generating Station at the Indiana Avenue low-income Apartments. This facility benefits low-income residents and the rest of the City. Entirely paid for through public benefit funds, this project is just one of the ways the City provides the community with renewable energy, assuring our power needs are met today and in the future.

• Located on Indiana Avenue, Riverside, CA 92504, between Jackson Street and Monroe Street.
• Project Started: December 2002
• Projected Online Date: March 2003
• Single project owned by Riverside Housing Development Corporation
• Solar covered low-income housing refurbishment built in cooperation with Riverside Housing Development Corporation
• Provides power to 27 residences and all common use areas
• Paid for with Public Benefits Funds
• Unique application meets all criteria of state mandated AB1890 Public Benefits Funds.
• Provides on-peak power directly to residents before energizing the grid 81-kilowatt system consisting of 680 poli-crystalline, 120 watt panels
• Master metering program allows performance to be monitored at all times
• Environmentally friendly, quiet, and clean source of renewable power
• Over its 25-year life span, based on peak power ratings. Displaces;
  • 3,861,000 lbs. of carbon dioxide
  • 9,750 lbs. of nitrous oxides
  • 31,200 lbs. of sulfur dioxide
• According to the U.S. Government’s Energy Information Administration, one fourth of the air pollution produced by burning fossil fuels is a by-product of electric power production.