Climate Connections: Budget Bill Backwards, Dangerous and Dumb

Climate Connections: Budget bill backwards, dangerous and dumb

Amy Cilimburg and Abby Huseth write, "Climate advocates and policy nerds had been bracing for more rollbacks and, honestly, we don’t shock easily. But this budget bill is even worse than anticipated. Squashing rooftop solar in its tracks really is quite shocking!" Continue reading…

Controversial rooftop solar bill glides through California’s Appropriations Committee

The California State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would renege more than a million commitments to the state's rooftop solar customers.The California State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee passed AB 942 9–1, a bill that seeks to cut compensation rates for existing rooftop solar customers that send electricity to the grid. The bill requires sold or transferred homes to shift to net energy metering (NEM) 3.0, which pays…