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4 Aug, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Who is working against distributed solar: National actors pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/08/03/a-l…
2/ Edison Electric Institute (EEI) warned of net metering’s potential to adversely impact utility investors. EEI is a member of #ALEC and worked to create model legislation to attack net metering at the state level
3/ The report asserts that the #ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture task force has authored and introduced model bills intended to get rid of or heavily compromise net metering programs documentcloud.org/documents/1375…
4/ Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), a group which purports to be the “leading voice for sensible energy..."has been referred to by Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse as a “fake consumer group” created by fossil fuel lobbyists, including👇
5/ #Koch-supported Americans for Prosperity, has been used, according to the report, to funnel money to attack solar power, along with other environmental and energy initiatives. AFP is active in 38 states and has fought against solar in AZ, NH, FL, OH, SC, and WA.

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