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Solar industry and advocates tell commission rooftop solar reduces system costs and serves middle-income Californians
Summary
Brad Hefner of the California Solar and Storage Association and Dave Rosenfeld of the Solar Rights Alliance told commissioners that rooftop solar reduces grid costs and that many solar adopters are middle- and working-class households.
Brad Hefner, executive director of the California Solar and Storage Association, and Dave Rosenfeld, executive director of the Solar Rights Alliance, told the Little Hoover Commission on March 27 that rooftop solar reduces the need for remote generation and lowers long-distance transmission costs.
Nut graf: Solar witnesses and advocates argued that rooftop solar has displaced as much as 15,000 megawatts of capacity that otherwise would have required utility investment and that many rooftop customers still pay substantial monthly…
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