where it s needed and we produce it and we sell it for example in parts of california at a fixed-rate. reporter: from hawaii to arizona, utility executives are now pushing back, arguing that solar subsidies now are too generous and expensive for rate-payers who can t afford a rooftop system to pay or subsidize those who can. we can not sustain this rate of expenditure for one particular sector. it is about time that they get off the training wheels and run on their own. reporter: now l.a. department of water and power, bwp, manages america s largest rooftop system solar program. it says every roof could be a possible power plant but it limits what it will pay people to generate their own electricity. we buy all the power that s generated from these facilities so anytime that you see the sun out, we are getting energy from these systems.
across the delaware, in philadelphia the rising water. in philly the delaware rivers, schuylkill river, they are rising, they ve already claimed parts of low-lying areas of commercial districts. here in camden, as you can see the cooper river as well is taking parts of the roads here. this issue is here now and of course it is going to be present and important because the rivers will continue to rise. bill: skwrubgs position with the sun out juxtaposition with the sun out. your mayor said you will see record flooding in parts of philadelphia. thanks again. martha: new jersey s governor christie expects the storm damage in his state to be in the billions of dollars. garden state dealing with heavy flooding. roads closed and hundreds of thousands of people sitting in their houses in the dark.
more snow falling in new york city, so does that mean everything has gone smoothly with snow removal? let s check in with senior correspondent allan chernoff. hey, allan. we ve been driving the streets of brooklyn all morning long. we are deep in the heart of it right now. as you can see behind me right now there s plenty of snow here but the roads themselves, they are in superb condition at this point. i can tell you, after an entire morning more than six hours of driving, we did not find one road that had not been plowed at least once. and at this point, with the sun out, the cars driving, a lot of the roads are pretty much cleared of snow. the big word from brooklyners now is basically to shovel out their vehicles. that s the hardest task. the sidewalks, they need a little work as well, but what a difference between today and that storm we had the day after
much downtown where we are. jim, what about the timing of this storm and the kind of storm that it was. why was it so tough? reporter: that s really important, to relay that message. even though we got 5 inches at reagan, it was literally like mud. there was so much water content in the snow when it came down, with temperatures just above and around freezing, it just stuck. and that just created gridlock, as you mentioned, with the worst timing, everybody heading home. it s nice to see the sun out, it feels great. temperatures are up in the mid-30s right now. you mentioned the nice job it s doing out on the roads and through here, but there are still many side roads. and especially ones that are either shaded by buildings or tree canopy, as was the case for the george washington parkway, which are still very much snow covered. a lot of cars still stuck on the roads there. still 350,000 people without power. and the one thing we don t want to hear after a storm like this, okay, 5 inch