installations because we ve hit that point where the grid now is so unreliable. both sides say it s up to governor newsom to step in. the governor is in a difficult position because he needs to appease the environment a list but at the same time he can t have the blackouts. what we are asking the demonstration to do is to stand up to the monopoly and keep solar for average consumers. the state is saying, we ll help you pay for the batteries. but the days, that s over. when you add ten grand to the cost of the system, the breakeven takes a lot longer of a time and it s going to crash. that is hard in a state that prides itself on the transition to green energy. the solar roof tops are everywhere in florida. let s get you involved in the conversation but want to bring in the former chairman of the federal chairman energy regulation, neil chatterjee.
this is the quote, saying in the editorial board about the solar proposals. the proposal will drastically shut the subsidies making it less affordable for households to go solar, hampering california s shift to renewable energy that is crucial to reducing planet warming emissions and fighting climate change grid that is not an acceptable compromise. but as william was just saying, they ve got plenty of solar. they have to shovel it off to arizona to get rid of it. why would you pay for something that you no longer need? there are incredible business opportunities in the solar industry. we are in the midst of an energy transition in this country that s very exciting. but we have to have an actual transition. i think the problem is that some policymakers want to skip the transition part of the energy transition. there are smart sensible ways that we can incentivize moving
solar. if we make solar more expensive here, it s going to threaten the affordability and availability of solar throughout the united states. the debate is about how much those who don t have solar subsidize those who do. the people without solar, they are paying even higher rates essentially because we are subsidizing those with the solar panels on their roofs. right now the state mandates utilities pay homeowners with rooftop solar $0.30 for every kilowatt hour they generate, whether the grid needs it or n not. a new proposal cuts that to $0.05 bit numbers that make rooftop systems unaffordable threatening some 70,000 jobs. monopoly utilities are trying every way of rooftop solar. supporters say it s about greater liability because solar is regular because sometimes there is too much, others to little risking a blackout. the motive behind this is to tamper down the solar
RENEWABLE ENERGY. Assistant Secretary of the Office of Protocol Wilfredo Santos welcomes Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman during her visit to the Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday (June 9, 2022). Sherman said the US is ready to support the Philippines in its shift to renewable energy. (Photo courtesy of DFA) MANILA - The United States is ready to support the Philippines in its shift to renewable energy, a ranking State Department official said Thursday. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman acknowledged that governments across the world, including the Philippines, are trying to transition to renewables. "Clean energy is something that is critical for the entire world, for the security of our planet. It is a topic of conversation in every government discussion I have everywhere in the world," she told reporters in a media roundtable. "Governments are trying to transition to renewables, to wind, to solar, to safe and effective small modular nuclear reactor