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Environment groups urge more rooftop solar, efficiency and grid-enhancing technologies to lower costs and emissions
Summary
Environment California and allied witnesses told the Little Hoover Commission that rooftop solar, energy efficiency, grid-enhancing technologies and surplus interconnection can speed emissions reductions and avoid expensive new transmission and habitat loss, and they warned recent policy changes have reduced solar installations.
Laura Dean, State Director for Environment California, told the Little Hoover Commission that rooftop solar, paired with batteries and demand management, accelerates fossil fuel displacement and preserves open space by avoiding utility-scale land conversion.
Why it matters: Environment California argued that distributed solar and faster deployment of renewables can lower system costs and protect wildlife habitat — roughly 5,200…
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