allows families to subscribe to a project through a community solar provider. Customers will receive a community solar credit on their utility bill, saving them money on their energy bills. The customer’s participation in the community solar program supports the development and operation of a community solar project that provides energy to the grid. Projects are generally connected to the distribution grid and are typically located on underutilized land.
Under the new law, the CPUC is responsible for designing new programs so that all Californians can access solar energy and the state can maximize the significant federal dollars becoming available.bolster the growth of community solar As regulators at the CPUC begin crafting the rules governing the new programs, past mistakes that made previous attempts at community solar unaffordable and unattractive to most residents must not be repeated.By clicking subscribe, you agree to share your email address with CalMatters to receive marketing, updates, and other emails.
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Yes, if you separate your local community from the larger community, including pesky lower income, ofter POC types, you can blissfully ignore the needs of those less fortunate than you as everyone seeks to transition away from older, now more expensive, fossil fuel infrastructure
Both seek to shed responsibility for the overall needs of the larger community by isolating themselves from those who aren't as capable of escaping the status quo.
There truly isn't much difference between community renewal energy projects and white flight to the suburbs that left inner cities in desperate situations to address and care for lower income inner-city resident's needs for many other public services.
Very trendy to like community wind and solar power projects. But once the wealthy and moderate income customer participants have been stripped away from today's broad public utility base will low income consumers and neighborhoods be left relying on higher priced energy sources?