After months of campaigning, we are just two votes away from passing the nation's largest solar power legislation, the Million Solar Roofs bill. The next major milestone is in the Assembly Appropriations Committee where it must pass by August 26th before heading to the Assembly Floor. Your help is needed to urge the 17 members of this important committee to vote YES in the weeks ahead.
Please take a moment to ask the Assembly Appropriations Committee to vote for the Million Solar Roofs bill. Then send this e-mail to your friends and family so more people can make their voices heard for solar power.
To take action, click on this link or paste it into your web browser:
environmentcalifornia.org/envir...ifenergy.asp
Background
Environment California is working to make California the nation's solar power leader by passing the Million Solar Roofs bill, SB 1, which would be the nation's largest solar power policy.
The Million Solar Roofs bill would build a million solar power systems over 10 years and build half of all new homes with solar power. That would grow California's solar market 30-fold, cutting the cost of solar power in half and bringing clean air and energy independence to all Californians.
The Million Solar Roofs bill would accomplish these goals by:
* Creating a $2.5 billion fund to provide one-time rebates to
homeowners of both new and existing homes as well as businesses, farms and schools over 10 years. The fund would come from a small surcharge on ratepayer bills of around 55 cents per month. Low income ratepayers would be
exempt from paying into the fund, but 10 percent of the available money would go specifically to installing solar on affordable housing and low income homes.
* Allowing these million new solar customers to receive a credit on their electric bill for any power that they generate but do not use themselves.
* Requiring new, large single-family housing developers to make solar panels a standard offer, similar to marble counter tops.
A recent analysis commissioned by the Public Utilities Commission and the California Energy Commission found that investing $2.5 billion in customer-owned solar power over ten years will save ratepayers more than $10 billion. Combining real economic benefits with the even greater environmental benefits, the Million Solar Roofs bill is a commonsense
policy for California.
To date, the Million Solar Roofs bill has passed four committees and the state Senate with bipartisan and bicameral support. Gov. Schwarzenegger has already committed to signing the bill should it be put on his desk this September. All that's left is to pass it through Assembly Appropriations by August 26th and through the Assembly Floor by September 9th.
You can find information on previous votes here:
environmentcalifornia.org/envir...ifenergy.asp
Please take a moment today to ask the AssemblyAppropriations Committee to vote for the Million Solar Roofs bill. Then send this e-mail to your friends and family so more people can make their voices heard for solar power.
To take action, click on this link or paste it into your web browser:
environmentcalifornia.org/envir...ifenergy.asp
Sincerely,
Dan Jacobson
Environment California Legislative Director
DanJ@environmentcalifornia.org
www.EnvironmentCalifornia.org
P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your family and friends.
Please take a moment to ask the Assembly Appropriations Committee to vote for the Million Solar Roofs bill. Then send this e-mail to your friends and family so more people can make their voices heard for solar power.
To take action, click on this link or paste it into your web browser:
environmentcalifornia.org/envir...ifenergy.asp
Background
Environment California is working to make California the nation's solar power leader by passing the Million Solar Roofs bill, SB 1, which would be the nation's largest solar power policy.
The Million Solar Roofs bill would build a million solar power systems over 10 years and build half of all new homes with solar power. That would grow California's solar market 30-fold, cutting the cost of solar power in half and bringing clean air and energy independence to all Californians.
The Million Solar Roofs bill would accomplish these goals by:
* Creating a $2.5 billion fund to provide one-time rebates to
homeowners of both new and existing homes as well as businesses, farms and schools over 10 years. The fund would come from a small surcharge on ratepayer bills of around 55 cents per month. Low income ratepayers would be
exempt from paying into the fund, but 10 percent of the available money would go specifically to installing solar on affordable housing and low income homes.
* Allowing these million new solar customers to receive a credit on their electric bill for any power that they generate but do not use themselves.
* Requiring new, large single-family housing developers to make solar panels a standard offer, similar to marble counter tops.
A recent analysis commissioned by the Public Utilities Commission and the California Energy Commission found that investing $2.5 billion in customer-owned solar power over ten years will save ratepayers more than $10 billion. Combining real economic benefits with the even greater environmental benefits, the Million Solar Roofs bill is a commonsense
policy for California.
To date, the Million Solar Roofs bill has passed four committees and the state Senate with bipartisan and bicameral support. Gov. Schwarzenegger has already committed to signing the bill should it be put on his desk this September. All that's left is to pass it through Assembly Appropriations by August 26th and through the Assembly Floor by September 9th.
You can find information on previous votes here:
environmentcalifornia.org/envir...ifenergy.asp
Please take a moment today to ask the AssemblyAppropriations Committee to vote for the Million Solar Roofs bill. Then send this e-mail to your friends and family so more people can make their voices heard for solar power.
To take action, click on this link or paste it into your web browser:
environmentcalifornia.org/envir...ifenergy.asp
Sincerely,
Dan Jacobson
Environment California Legislative Director
DanJ@environmentcalifornia.org
www.EnvironmentCalifornia.org
P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with your family and friends.
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