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CAUSE Participates in Earth Day Events in Los Angeles, Inland Empire
April 22, 2013 @ 12:50 PM
by Will Craven, SolarCity
Recently launched pro-solar initiative CAUSE (Californians Against Utilities Stopping Solar Energy) was a presence at two Southern California Earth Day events this weekend. The organization is dedicated to combatting monopoly utility efforts to kill rooftop solar, maintaining a thriving solar industry in California, and promoting the health and economic benefits that solar delivers to all Californians.
On Saturday at Earth Day Latino in downtown Los Angeles, Vanessa Wendling and Rafael Guillen gave remarks and one-on-one consultations on solar’s increasing affordability, and its potential to reduce fossil fuel emissions which threaten public health. Since 2009 two-thirds of California home solar installations have occurred in low and median income neighborhoods, according to a July 2012 California Solar Initiative report.
These customers and their communities benefit from Net Metering policy, which gives solar customers a credit for the surplus clean electricity their systems send to the electrical grid for their neighbors to consume. Efforts by utilities such as Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric, and San Diego Gas & Electric to undermine solar adoption by attacking net metering have thus far been unsuccessful.
With Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown in attendance, more than 50 people gathered at Truth Tabernacle Church in Bloomington on Saturday to celebrate the church’s 52 kilowatt solar system. The church likewise Net Meters its surplus clean electricity, receiving fair credit that assists in supporting church programs and operations. The Sierra Club also attended the event as part of its My Generation campaign.
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