Sunrise brief: California unlikely to reach clean energy targets without rooftop solar

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California unlikely to reach clean energy targets without rooftop solar The state’s rooftop solar industry is rapidly shedding jobs and losing companies to bankruptcy due to adversarial policy changes. The California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA) offered some near-term policy changes to slow the bleeding and to address the cause of this crisis.

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