By Kiley Kroh | Climate Progress
California is already leading the nation in the transition to a clean economy and now the state’s legislators are looking to further cement that status.
Last week, the California Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee overwhelmingly approved SB 43, a groundbreaking new program that would give millions of Californians who currently don’t have access to renewable energy the opportunity to use 100% clean energy for the first time. The measure moves on to the Appropriations committee but supporters are confident it will pass the full Assembly and, with Gov. Jerry Brown’s support, will launch a 500 MW pilot program in 2014.
“This is really the highest hurdle. It is where it ran aground last year,” said Tom Price, spokesman for California Shared Renewables.
SB 43 will benefit scores of Californians who are currently unable to install renewables on their property — residents who rent homes and apartments, business owners who lease office space — as well as remove the obstacles that prevent schools and local governments from investing in off-site renewable energy.
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