LEADERS CALL ON CALIFORNIA TO BLOCK CONTROVERSIAL SOLAR POWER PROPOSAL

Elected officials and school leaders in Alameda County are calling on the state to block a controversial proposal that could prevent California schools from embracing solar power. School board officials in Oakland and state leaders want the state to reject the proposal that they say would spike solar costs on rooftops and parking lots and ultimately take money away from Oakland classrooms.

"It's baffling that anyone would make solar projects more difficult rather than easier at this very urgent time," Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) board member Sam Davis said. Critics say under the new proposal schools and other sites that have solar and more than one electricity meter would be required to sell the energy they produce back to their utility and then buy it back at a much higher rate.

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