Los Angeles Times Article Rating

Editorial: California can't enact a 'solar tax' and still be a climate leader

Feb 07, 2022 View Original Article
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    -20% Somewhat Liberal

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    -28% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    17% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Newsom and his appointees can use their power to devise a better proposal that ensures growing numbers of Californians can afford to install panels and be a part of the transition to renewable energy.
56% : But this proposal tips the scales squarely in favor of utility companies, primarily Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric, which profit from massive solar farms and transmission lines, while disadvantaging everyday people seeking to generate solar energy in their own communities.
56% : Doing so wouldn't only be bad for the climate, it threatens to exacerbate inequality just as solar is starting to be adopted by increasing numbers of low-income Californians, who are all too often excluded from the benefits of clean energy.
43% : While it's encouraging that the PUC's December proposal includes fee exemptions and higher compensation for low-income Californians who install solar systems, as a whole it does not do enough to ensure that solar power does not, once again, become something only the wealthy can afford.

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