We’ve made it past the Friday deadline for lawmakers to introduce new bills this session, and as expected, their staffers were busy until the final buzzer.
Solar: Assemblymember Laura Friedman has said she plans to amend her AB 2256 to boost rooftop solar by including environmental and societal benefits in the way the CPUC calculates its value.
California Assembly member Laura Friedman has introduced AB 2256, which would require the CPUC to fully consider the costs and benefits of rooftop solar when revisiting its net energy metering (NEM) tariff.
California introduces bill to reevaluate rooftop solar net metering Assemblymember Laura Friedman introduced a bill that would require the California Public Utilities Commission to consider the costs and benefits of rooftop solar and its non-energy benefits when designing net metering rates.
We all know our climate stands on the brink of disaster. Fixing that will be no easy feat, but it’s clear where the challenge ends and begins. We must reduce our consumption of fossil fuels and we must stop setting our own planet on fire. That’s so much harder than it sounds. But there are two obvious steps that eco-conscious consumers can make, especially as the price comes down on both: making the transition to an electric vehicle and installing solar electricity systems. Both of these are wonderful transitions to make and are good for our environment.
(CN) — A bill introduced Wednesday in the California Legislature would further restrict the use of rat poison and allow members of the public to sue over illegal use and sale of rodenticides in the state.
SACRAMENTO— Solar energy accounts for 27% of California’s electricity production. That demand is expected to grow by 80% as homes, businesses, and vehicles move away from fossil fuels for sources of heat and energy and toward electrification.
SACRAMENTO— Wildlife protections in California are taking a big step forward with the legal teeth to enforce them.
Backed by two climate action groups, Democratic state lawmakers in California on Tuesday launched an effort to reverse the damage done by state regulators last year when they slashed incentives for residents to install rooftop solar panels—wreaking havoc on the once-thriving industry even as the state faces an energy crisis.
THERE WILL BE LOSSES: It was a bad week for Big Oil in California.
Assemblymember Laura Friedman, was really focused on trying to better align transportation spending priorities with climate.