You have the right to make energy from the sun without interference from the utilities.
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is one of the country’s largest environmental groups. For decades, NRDC has worked to convince California politicians to side with utilities and energy companies—from enabling the Enron debacle, to undermining rooftop solar, to promoting the largest Utility Tax in the country. NRDC’s co-founder became the leader of one of the country’s largest utilities. We …
Sometimes it is hard to understand how a convicted criminal like PG&E continues to get their way with California lawmakers. How the utilities get away with rate hike after rate hike. Sneaking hidden taxes into legislation in the middle of the night. Landing body blow after body blow on the state’s most popular clean energy solution—rooftop solar. The answer is …
The Utility Reform Network (TURN) has been an advocate for ratepayers, lobbying the CPUC to keep utility bills low. TURN’s fight has been an uphill battle, as California’s crazy high electricity bills indicate. But TURN certainly gets an E for effort. Unfortunately, TURN is now using their reputation to attack rooftop solar, using the same arguments as the utilities. They …
The Energy Institute at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley (Haas Energy Institute) is often cited in news stories and government reports as an ‘independent’ academic source for information about rooftop solar. The Haas Energy Institute’s director is frequently called upon to provide research for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and sits on the Board of the …
The national association of senior citizens, AARP, recently doubled down on their confused position about rooftop solar. In doing so, AARP remains aligned with PG&E and the other California utilities’ efforts to double the cost of rooftop solar. This is unfortunate, and against the interests of senior citizens and all ratepayers suffering from blackouts and ever-increasing electricity bills. Background: AARP …
HGTV Property Brothers’ Jonathan Scott recently made his directorial debut in the documentary Power Trip. Power Trip follows Scott as he travels through the United States uncovering a deeply entrenched, powerful system that’s preventing Americans from powering their lives with solar. Scott told the LA Times in a recent interview that at least one utility tried to pull his movie …