Take action: Critical vote on California Solar Bill August 7th by admin

It’s action time.  One of the most important solar bills in the California legislature faces a critical vote in the Senate Appropriations committee on Thursday, August 7.  We need your help to get it through.

AB 1451 (Leno) would extend the current property tax exemption for solar installations-due to sunset in 2009–to match the California Solar Initiative, and make some tweaks to make it more useful for builders incorporating solar in new home construction.  It’s also critical for the utility-scale solar industry, leveling the playing field with fossil-fuel plants and reducing solar’s cost by about a penny per kWh.

All told, AB 1451 makes everything we are trying to do with energy in the state, from AB 32 to the California Solar Initiative to the Renewable Portfolio Standard, cheaper and easier.

We can’t afford to lose this one.

Take action here votesolar.org and here Solar Nation

Also, if you are interested in lowering the cost of solar energy for your home by buying in a group, sign up at 1bog.org today.