Solar firm HQ in San Jose is a win for everyone: Letter to the editor

"San Jose is still attracting new businesses into the Bay Area despite all the talk of people leaving."

Re: “Solar window company moves HQ to the Bay Area” (Page B3, June 19).

This article is good news for several reasons:

San Jose is still attracting new businesses into the Bay Area despite all the talk of people leaving.

It’s refreshing to hear new technology success stories to help with renewable energy adoption — a change from the ever-present negative stories of heat waves and wildfires.

Most importantly, it highlights the truism that the more you decentralize energy production the less you need to upgrade the grid. At the same time, commercial and residential building owners with solar become smarter energy consumers and will find even more ways to improve efficiency.

Tom Calderwood
Los Gatos