Wednesday, February 09, 2022

California Is Now A Solar-Subsidy Welfare State For The Wealthy - Climate Change Dispatch

California Is Now A Solar-Subsidy Welfare State For The Wealthy - Climate Change Dispatch
"The dirty little secret about green energy subsidies is that they are welfare for the wealthy. 
And like any entitlement, they are hard to reform once people get hooked.
Witness the revolt by the rich against a California proposal to scale back subsidies for rooftop solar panels.
At issue is the state’s net-metering program that rebates homeowners with solar panels for the excess power they generate and send to the grid.

...Net-metering is highly regressive and becoming unsustainable as more affluent homeowners install solar panels...Read all.

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