By Sean Gallagher, vice president of state affairs, Solar Energy Industries Association
Scottsdale Independent
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are published for discussions purposes only.)
All Arizonans should have the choice to use solar and other technologies to meet their own power needs on their own property.
But Salt River Project’s decision to single out customers who generate their own power and hit them with a new charge averaging $50 each month seriously jeopardizes the future of rooftop solar on homes, farms, businesses, churches, schools and military bases in the greater Phoenix area.