Should California slash solar incentives? We took a survey

Yajaira Villanueva of Temecula, an employee of the solar company Freedom Forever, attends the “Save Our Solar Jobs” rally at Grand Park in Los Angeles on Jan. 13. When California gets it wrong, others will get it wrong, too.” Nicole H.: “I invested $40,000 to do the responsible thing, and I’m providing excess solar energy to my neighbors! If they really wanted to help the poor, they would slash their egregious rates and stop giving CEOs all that yacht money.” Ronald M.: “Even if subsidies are needed to keep solar energy to be a good bargain, that is the most important expenditure of state funds imaginable considering the seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis that is facing the human race, now and even more in the future.” “Even if subsidies are needed to keep solar energy to be a good bargain, that is the most important expenditure of state funds imaginable considering the seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis that is facing the human race, now and even more in the future.” Shoshana W.: “The Public Utilities Commission is a disgrace with its relentless coddling of the investor-owned utilities. I don’t much care if it cuts into PG&E’s profits.” Attendees of the “Save Our Solar Jobs” rally march past a downtown L.A. building where the California Public Utilities Commission has offices. And here’s what a few people who support the Public Utilities Commission’s proposal had to say: Peter D.: “It seems pretty clear that when the fat cats and their mansions have solar panels, they force the poor people without the panels to absorb more of the fixed costs of the utility companies.” “It seems pretty clear that when the fat cats and their mansions have solar panels, they force the poor people without the panels to absorb more of the fixed costs of the utility companies.” Jeremy L.: “If high-income families can afford to install rooftop solar, then they should pay for the full project, not expect lower-income families to subsidize them.