Solar Rights Alliance

@solarrights.bsky.social

We are the nonprofit association of California solar consumers. We believe you have the right to make energy from the sun without unreasonable interference from the utilities or the government. Learn more at www.SolarRights.org and SolarRights.org/links.

☀️Welcome to Solar Freedom, the podcast where we help you defend the freedom and independence of rooftop solar! New episode out now: "Just click “Yes” to defend solar rights ft. Carol Hart." Take a listen at the link in bio! 🔗

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☀️😃 Huge thanks to solar user Carol Hart for coming on to the Solar Freedom Podcast to share her experience with lobbying to defend solar rights for the first time! 😎 Her advice? When you get the email from Solar Rights Alliance asking if you're up for coming to a lobby meeting, "Just click yes!"

The bill that would bring safe Plug-In solar to CA (SB 868) has been sailing through the legislature, but that's not happening "magically." 🙃 Solar Freedom Podcast hosts Dave and Cailey explain how YOU make these victories possible. Join the action at the link in bio, and thank you for all you do!

(1/2) 🎙️☀️Welcome to Solar Freedom: Your home. Your roof. Your power. The podcast where we help you defend the freedom and independence of rooftop solar with our hosts from the Solar Rights Alliance: Dave Rosenfeld, Executive Director, and Cailey Underhill, Advocacy and Development Director.

We always knew that the new “Base Services Charge” would cause bills to go up for millions of Californians. And now the utilities have admitted what this Utility Tax will really do. Use the link in bio to ask your state legislators to fix their mistake and rein in the uncapped Utility Tax!

(1/2) Huge thank you to all of the legislators who have come on as co-authors on SB 868, the bill that would bring safe Plug-In solar to California. The bill was introduced by Senator Wiener, and the principal coauthor is Assembly Member Schultz. And...

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(1/3) Asm. Davies voted YES on SB 868 to bring safe Plug-In solar to CA. Before casting her vote, she recalled stories that constituents like you shared with her about how Plug-In solar could help them lower their electricity bills. Her remarks are an example of how your efforts make a difference.

(1/2) Need some good news and a laugh? Check out the greatest hits from the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy who voted UNANIMOUSLY to move the Plug-In solar bill forward! Huge thanks to SB 868 bill author Senator Wiener (@https://scottwiener.bsky.social), and...

(1/3) Why do Californians need Plug-In solar? To save money. Thank you Melvin Willis with the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Institute for your fantastic testimony in support of Plug-In solar!

(1/4) The bill that would bring safe Plug-In solar to CA passed the state Asm. Committee on Utilities and Energy UNANIMOUSLY! 🥳 THANK YOU to everyone who came to Sacramento to testify in support of the bill, and all those who called, wrote, and lobbied your legislators leading up to this vote. AND:

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When we first heard of Plug-In solar, we had the same question we've heard from a lot of you: "So, what exactly IS it?" Take a look for yourself 😎 and use the link in bio to ask your state Assemblymember to vote YES on SB 868 to bring safe Plug-In solar to California!

The bill to bring Plug-In solar to California has passed the state Senate with flying colors, and now it's coming up for its first vote in the state Assembly! Come to Sacramento on June 10th @1:00 PM to support SB 868, the Plug Into the Sun Act. Details and sign up at the link in bio!

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🥳 THANK YOU for making calls, sending messages, posting, and meeting with your reps in support of SB 868, the bill to bring safe Plug-In solar to CA! The bill just passed the full CA Senate, and now heads to the CA Assembly! 😃 Take action at the link in bio to ask your Asm to VOTE YES on SB 868!

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A Solar Property Tax makes no sense and will make California’s affordability problem even worse. But the CA Assembly Appropriations Committee just killed the bill that would have protected solar users from a new Solar Property Tax in 2027. Read on. Take action.

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(1/3): HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who wrote, called, lobbied, and testified in support of SB 868, the bill to bring safe Plug-In Solar to California. The bill passed its second committee vote UNANIMOUSLY, and now heads to the full Senate Floor!

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(1/2) We have quite a few new followers, so time to reintroduce ourselves! We are the Solar Rights Alliance, a network of 150,000 solar users across CA. We believe you have the right to make energy from the sun without interference from the utilities or the government.

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SB 868 would bring safe Plug-In solar to CA so that renters and homeowners in all housing types can safely and easily lower their electricity bills. But the monopoly utilities are trying to block it. The bill is coming up for a vote, so share this post with friends to get the word out!

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The Plug Into the Sun Act (SB 868) would bring safe Plug-In solar to California by requiring all Plug-In systems in the United States be certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) or an equivalent nationally recognized testing laboratory. And UL is already on the job! So, what is UL anyway?