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California's rooftop solar program collides with equity concerns


Solar panels on rooftops of a housing development in Folsom, Calif., are shown. | AP Photo
California s rooftop solar program collides with equity concerns
A pandemic-era backlash against California s yawning wealth gap is taking aim at incentives for rooftop solar panels.
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SACRAMENTO A pandemic-era backlash against California s yawning wealth gap is taking aim at the state s pioneering climate policies. The latest target: incentives for rooftop solar panels.
The generous rewards paid to those who can afford to install them on their roofs amount to subsidies for the rich, utilities and other critics of the program argue.
It s the latest fault line in a clash over whether too many Californians are being left behind by the state s green push. For years, the state has wrestled with similar concerns about electric vehicle rebates flowing to wealthy Tesla drivers. ....

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