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The Solar Shade Control Act was passed by the California state legislature and signed by Governor Jerry Brown in 1978 to give solar collectors access to sunlight. The act limits blocking access to solar collectors by trees on an adjacent property, [ 1 ] and formerly provided criminal penalties for violation. [ 2 ]
As part of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Million Solar Roofs Program, California has set a goal to create 1,940 megawatts [64] of new, solar-produced electricity by 2016 – moving the state toward a cleaner energy future and helping lower the cost of solar systems for consumers. The California Solar Initiative has "a total budget of $2.167 ...
California Unions for Reliable Energy is a coalition of labor unions, mainly affiliated with the State Building & Construction Trades Council of California, that uses CEQA lawsuits (or threats thereof) to force developers of power plants, including new solar and other clean energy projects, to sign "project labor agreements", which require ...
Last year, the State of California slashed the utility bill credit for families who send solar power back to the grid by more than 70% (installations dropped by more than three-quarters as a result).
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PACE was originally known as a "Special Energy Financing District" or "on-tax bill solar and efficiency financing." [citation needed] The concept was first conceived and proposed [citation needed] in the Monterey Bay Regional Energy Plan in 2005 [6] but followed voter approval of a similar solar bonds program approved by San Francisco voters in ...
California lawmakers saw the value of community solar to advance the clean energy transition while delivering utility bill relief for low-income communities suffering most from rate increases.
The California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) was established in 1929 as the Contractors License Bureau under the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards. Today it is part of the California Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA).