On Friday Governor Newsom vetoed a bill that would have restored the right for schools to directly use the solar energy they generate using their own solar arrays. A controversial November 2023 ruling by the California Public Utilities Commission took away this right, ruling that properties with more than one meter must first sell the
A powerful segment by newscaster Alex Bell for ABC10 Sacramento on June 18 exposed the climate solution-crippling influence that the state’s largest utilities have over the California Public Utilities Commission. In an interview with ABC10, Loretta Lynch, President of the CPUC from 2000 to 2002, blew the whistle on undue influence that the state’s muliti-billion
It’s official. California is falling behind other states as a climate leader. Earlier this month, the first Think Microgrid Scorecard was released, rating 50 states on five categories: deployment, policy, resilience, grid services, and equity. California received a ‘C’ on all of the categories except for policy, where it received a ‘D.’ A C grade
The Renewable Energy Acceleration Law of 2024 (REAL) would be the most impactful climate mitigation ballot initiative in history. It would address the threat of unprecedented climate catastrophe by enabling transformative change now. The ballot initiative (RealClimateSolution.com) would double the deployment of new solar electricity generation every year for the next 20 years, helping California reach its mandated 2045 goal to decarbonize electricity and transportation, at no cost to the state government.
