Tuesday, May 22, 2012

California Solar Energy: Bill Would Provide Renewable Rooftops To Poor Communities

San Diego is home to more than 2,600 solar residential rooftops - more than any other California city - but in the neighboring lower-income community of National City, there are only about a dozen.

A bill [PDF] before the California Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce this month seeks to equalize renewable energy installation in the state by promoting small-scale solar rooftops in the disadvantaged communities.

The bill targets neighborhoods with high unemployment rates and those that "bear a disproportionate burden from air pollution, disease, and other impacts from the generation of electricity from the burning of fossil fuels," the bill said.

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