AARP is lobbying, in partnership with utilities like PG&E, to make it more expensive for California seniors to access rooftop solar. AARP's actions will result in higher electricity bills and more blackouts for California seniors.
Rooftop solar protects seniors on fixed incomes from utility price gouging. Solar-powered batteries protect seniors with medical issues and disabilities from life-threatening blackouts. And rooftop solar reduces electricity costs for everyone whether they have solar by reducing the cost of the electrical grid.
Despite these facts, AARP is repeating utility misinformation about rooftop solar, and lobbying state energy officials to make solar twice as expensive as it is today by:
- Charging solar users new monthly fees just for having solar
- Slashing the credit solar users receive for sharing their extra solar energy with their neighbors.
AARP should stop pushing the utilities' agenda, and should instead focus on helping millions of more seniors and other Californians get rooftop solar and batteries.
More information on the effort to save rooftop solar
Fact sheet on AARP's attack on rooftop solar
I just signed a petition asking AARP to stop their attack on rooftop solar in California. AARP is working with PG&E and other utilities to pressure state officials to put solar out of reach for working-class families. AARP's actions harm seniors on a fixed income who are suffering from high energy bills and power outages. AARP should be lobbying to help more seniors get solar and batteries, not block it.
I hope you consider taking action as well and help spread the word:
Tell AARP: Stop lobbying to kill rooftop solar