PG&E, So Cal Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric are lobbying the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to make consumer solar twice as expensive as it is today — by charging a solar penalty fee between $56 and $91 per month just for putting solar panels on a home, and slashing the credit solar users receive for sharing their surplus energy with the community.
It’s a profit grab to kill rooftop solar, one that would put solar out of reach for the working and middle class, just when it is taking off.
350 Santa Barbara’s goals are to keep solar growing; grow it more equitably so millions more working class people can get solar, including renters; and make solar-powered batteries more affordable so people can protect themselves from power outages.
The CPUC is expected to make a decision by the end of this year. If you were following the now-defeated AB 1139, the CPUC is where this issue will get settled.
Submit a written comment to Gov. Newsom and the CPUC: https://solarrights.org/
Or use this simple tool to call Gov. Newsom and leave him a message: https://solarrights.org/