Solar Rights Education Fund

“Expenses advertising and promotion 968 supplies 724 information technology 3,620 travel 3,766 insurance 1,100 payroll expenses 467 sos tax 100 total 10,745”

“Prepaid expenses and deferred charges 0 5,849 total 0 5,849”

“The solar rights education fund educates the public and policymakers about matters relevant to consumer solar energy and battery storage in california.”

“Streamlining rooftop solar permitting continued our work educating cities and counties, and their residents, about a new law requiring local governments to offer instantaneous online permitting for most residential solar and battery projects. Kept track of compliance rates and distributed to the public via https://solarrightseducation.org/streamlinedpermitting. Followed up with governments that were not in compliance. Our efforts have helped get a majority of the state in compliance with the law.”

“Refuting utility lies about rooftop solar working energy economists and solar industry experts, helped to disseminate new data demonstrating how rooftop solar actually is a net savings to all ratepayers, and debunking the false claim that rooftop solar is responsible for the state's high electricity rates. Organized webinars, presentations to nonprofit groups and lawmakers, and briefings with reporters, and helped solar users respond to media stories that repeated the false claim.”

“Exposing utility influence in politics working with an experienced researcher, we compiled new and expanded data showing the breadth and depth of utility influence over california politics. The data pulled together campaign contributions, lobbying, and payments to nonprofits, academics, and trade groups to show how the utilities have spent more than 1 billion to buy loyalty, goodwill, or silence at every level of california politics and culture.”

“The solar help desk jointly maintain a solar help desk with the solar rights alliance. Each week, the solar help desk fields 50-100 calls and emails from current and prospective solar consumers and helps troubleshoot issues and answer questions.”