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Response to SMUD’s claims about their power plants and rooftop solar
In response to growing community pressure on SMUD to both commit to closing their fossil fuel power plants, and stop attacking rooftop solar users, SMUD has defended their current actions. This post unpacks SMUD’s claims. Contact info@solarrights.org if you have a question or comment. The basic deal We’re in a climate crisis. We must fully stop using fossil fuels and…
SMUD is still working to block rooftop solar. Here’s what customers are doing about it.
In March 2019, SMUD proposed charging its solar customers an average of $40 to $60 per month. They canceled the proposal after a public outcry. SMUD then promised to conduct a public process to determine its solar policies for the future. Even as that process unfolds, SMUD keeps doing things that block people from making and storing solar energy on…
SMUD got permission to keep solar off new homes. Now what?
The CA Energy Commission voted last week to approve SMUD’s SolarShares proposal, which we predict will effectively block solar on most new homes in Sacramento area for twenty years. Many other utilities around the state supported SMUD’s proposal and we suspect they will seek the same deal. This, despite opposition from the hundreds of community members in Sacramento and around…