Bernadette Del Chiaro
@DelChiaroSolar
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Senior Vice President-California, Environmental Working Group. Tweets are my own.
Sacramento, CA
Joined February 2015
California wants to kill rooftop solar — all because officials were duped by this flawed theory via @sfchronicle.
sfchronicle.com
Too many officials have bought a key utility company excuse for rising energy prices —...
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RT @JeremyBWhite: Edison saying its former PAC manager @AsmLisaCalderon -- who's carrying industry-friendly solar legislation -- was never….
latimes.com
Edison says Assemblywoman Calderon wasn't an executive when she worked for the utility — but that's exactly how the company identified her in federal campaign finance filings.
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Over a century later, California may need another revolt against its utility companies
calmatters.org
Over a century after Californians created the Public Utilities Commission to regulate powerful companies, the commission has lost its way.
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Former Edison executive Calderon, now a lawmaker, seeks to cut rooftop solar credits
latimes.com
Nearly 2 million California rooftop solar owners would see their energy credits slashed under legislation by Assemblywoman Calderon.
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Opinion: Will California sell out its clean energy policies to help power AI?
mercurynews.com
Joining a regional electricity market would cede our right to dictate our energy policy to Trump and coal plant owners.
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Thank you @ASM_Irwin for your steadfast support for commonsense energy, like rooftop solar! @CALSSA_org
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California solar customers face potential penalty under new CPUC proposal
kmph.com
Governor Gavin Newsom has directed the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to find ways to reduce electricity costs statewide.
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California is blaming an unlikely villain for your high energy bills via @SFGate.
sfgate.com
California has tons of solar panel owners. Some argue they're costing everyone else.
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Energy experts urge California Governor to reject anti-rooftop solar executive order
pv-magazine-usa.com
A letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom addresses the state’s electricity affordability crisis – and a misconception that rooftop solar is to blame for the high costs.
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Rooftop #solar saves money for everyone. Over $2 billion a year! It's time to stop letting utilities attack solar to protect their profits, and instead support the local clean energy we need to fight climate change.
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Great piece by @pvmagazineusa. Rooftop solar saves everyone money and offers consumers real relief from rising energy costs. Let's put rooftop solar and storage back in the hands of hard-working California families and rebuild lost jobs.
pv-magazine-usa.com
Utilities in California and nationwide are fighting rooftop solar, the major threat to their effective monopoly on the electricity market, said the California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA).
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RT @CALSSA_org: Thank you @ASM_Irwin for your courageous leadership in protecting ratepayers from out of control utility bills. It was an h….
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Newsom rules that California schools and farms cannot use their own solar energy production
pv-magazine-usa.com
California’s Governor rejected a bill that would restore a level playing field for schools, farms, and multi-family homes to go solar.
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Judge temporarily halts controversial California solar battery licensing rule
courthousenews.com
The California Contractors State License Board's new rule would have prevented solar contractors from installing or maintaining solar battery storage systems starting Oct. 1.
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California storage installation licensing rule put on hold as trial continues
solarpowerworldonline.com
With the preliminary injunction granted, the CSLB rule is now on hold while the trial proceeds.
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This is not progress, California.
JUST RELEASED: The U.S. #solarenergy workforce grew 6% in 2023 and jobs increased in 47 states, according to IREC's latest #NationalSolarJobsCensus. Explore the report for an analysis of solar job growth, workforce development, and diversity:
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