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Rooftop Solar Saves Money for All, Especially the Working and Middle Class

From Peter Allen on SJinside:

Studies show that more than two-thirds of new solar installations are occurring in low- and moderate-income communities. This is no longer a luxury item for affluent people in Monte Sereno or Bel Air. Thanks to financing and reduced costs, solar panels are popping up on more and more roofs across California, and the big utilities, the 'IOU's' are taking notice. An the IOU's are coming after net metering.

Now is the time for the solar industry to take the next step: suiting up to defend (and expand) the in-road's they've made toward providing greater consumer energy choice. And, at least in California, groups like Californians Against Utilities Stopping solar Energy (CAUSE) and the Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC) are indeed doing that. These new organization are pushing back on the false claims made by IOUs and their mouthpieces that net metering hurts the consumer and our economy. And they’re exposing dirty little secrets the IOUs would rather we never learned. For more background, check out my columns on the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and polling that shows Latino voters supporting solar and other sustainable energy by huge margins.

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