[RE-wrenches] California solar intiatives

[Joel Davidson]

Hello Jay,

CalSEIA (and I) am opposed to Prop 7 because, among other things, it would 
exclude renewable projects that are 30MW or less from counting toward the 
State's Renewable Portfolio Standard. If Prop 7 becomes law, it will 
adversely impact the developing markets for distributed solar technologies 
that are located close to load centers and reduce market opportunities for 
many solar companies throughout California. Ensuring that <30MW systems can 
be counted toward RPS goals is very important to expanding the use of solar 
in California. The Prop 7 people seem well-intentioned and probably got 
their >30 MW language from the distinction between small and large hydro 
(large hydro is bad ecology). I am not a "small is beautiful" hardliner 
because some big problems require big solutions. I think that the world 
needs both small and large scale PV. We need Jay's PV and PG&E's 800 MW PV 
too.

Prop 10 is another story. The Los Angeles Times editorialized against Prop 
10 on September 19, saying, "Spending bond money on something as intangible 
as privately owned vehicles is a terrible idea unless there is a clear 
public benefit." The Santa Monica Mirror said, "Self-serving Prop. 10 sounds 
good, should lose." See 
http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_10_(2008) T. 
Boone Pickens will definitely benefit from his Prop 10. I think he is smart 
enough to figure out a market-driven way to sell and fuel more natural gas 
vehicles. I also think that one of Prop 10's supporters, the California Air 
Resources Board, failed in their duty to the public when the caved to the 
automobile and fossil fuel industries and killed the electric vehicle 
mandate. Take fossil fuels out of Prop 10 and I might be in favor of it, but 
I am against burdening the next generation with another $10 billion debt for 
a transitional technology like slightly cleaner vehicles. Let's make the 
great leap forward and end our addiction to fossil fuels asap.

Joel Davidson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jay peltz" <jay at asis.com>
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 12:00 PM
Subject: [RE-wrenches] California solar intiatives


> Hi All in California.
>
> What seems to be the best way to go on the two intiatives #7 and #10.
>
> Thanks,
> jay
>
> peltz power
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