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Governor Brown’s Executive Order Setting a 2030 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target for California
Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director, CALSEIA
April 29, 2015
The California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA) applauds Governor Brown’s Executive Order setting a 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target (B-30-15).
Quadrupling the state’s greenhouse gas emission reductions from 1990 levels by 2020 to 40% below those levels by 2030 puts California, once again, in the driver’s seat toward a clean energy future and a stronger economy.
The transition to clean energy is not only the right thing to do for the state’s natural resources and public health, it is also good for the state’s economy. Renewable energy technologies, such as solar power, are massive job creators in California.
Today, 54,000 people work in the solar industry and more than 2,000 companies are doing business here and we expect a 20% increase in jobs this year alone. Already, California’s solar industry employs more people than the state’s five largest utilities combined.
This growth in solar jobs is not solely because of California’s most abundant natural resource: the sun. It is also because of California’s ongoing commitment to pro-solar policies that give a broad base of consumers, from farmers to homeowners, access to the sun.
The California solar industry stands ready to help the State of California reach this new 2030 goal. We are confident that with the right pro-solar policies in place, including preserving California’s most powerful solar driver: Net Energy Metering (NEM), along with continued market and technological innovation, California can meet its 2030 goals and continue to lead the country, and world, toward a clean energy future.
Governor Brown’s Executive Order Setting a 2030 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target for California
Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director, CALSEIA
April 29, 2015
The California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA) applauds Governor Brown’s Executive Order setting a 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target (B-30-15).
Quadrupling the state’s greenhouse gas emission reductions from 1990 levels by 2020 to 40% below those levels by 2030 puts California, once again, in the driver’s seat toward a clean energy future and a stronger economy.
The transition to clean energy is not only the right thing to do for the state’s natural resources and public health, it is also good for the state’s economy. Renewable energy technologies, such as solar power, are massive job creators in California.
Today, 54,000 people work in the solar industry and more than 2,000 companies are doing business here and we expect a 20% increase in jobs this year alone. Already, California’s solar industry employs more people than the state’s five largest utilities combined.
This growth in solar jobs is not solely because of California’s most abundant natural resource: the sun. It is also because of California’s ongoing commitment to pro-solar policies that give a broad base of consumers, from farmers to homeowners, access to the sun.
The California solar industry stands ready to help the State of California reach this new 2030 goal. We are confident that with the right pro-solar policies in place, including preserving California’s most powerful solar driver: Net Energy Metering (NEM), along with continued market and technological innovation, California can meet its 2030 goals and continue to lead the country, and world, toward a clean energy future.
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