To: Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Tell Warren Buffett: Stop Your War On Rooftop Solar In Utah!
Sign the petition to tell Warren Buffett to end his profit-driven challenges to net metering programs in Utah and all over the country.
Why is this important?
One of our best hopes in the fight against climate change is the massive explosion of rooftop solar, which has more than tripled since 2010!
But multi-billionaire, Warren Buffett, has launched a full scale attack on the rooftop solar market in Utah. Buffett, through Rocky Mountain Power — a utility that his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate owns — is urging the state’s Public Service Commission (PUC) to add a range of fees on homeowners who qualify for the state’s net metering program. The PUC rejected the proposal last year, but Rocky Mountain Power is now pushing for a reconsideration of Utah’s net metering program and claims that regulators should not consider environmental benefits of the program, despite the fact that Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s climate pledge states exactly the opposite.
Public hearings just occurred and the Public Utilities Commission is deliberating now -- a final decision is currently pending.
Rocky Mountain Power claims that net metering raises costs for other users, even though studies have shown exactly the opposite. But Buffett’s real reason is much more self-centered: rooftop solar cuts into the profits of his utility. If the changes Buffett seeks go through, they would destroy the solar market in Utah, costing thousands of jobs and slowing the fight against climate change.
But multi-billionaire, Warren Buffett, has launched a full scale attack on the rooftop solar market in Utah. Buffett, through Rocky Mountain Power — a utility that his Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate owns — is urging the state’s Public Service Commission (PUC) to add a range of fees on homeowners who qualify for the state’s net metering program. The PUC rejected the proposal last year, but Rocky Mountain Power is now pushing for a reconsideration of Utah’s net metering program and claims that regulators should not consider environmental benefits of the program, despite the fact that Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s climate pledge states exactly the opposite.
Public hearings just occurred and the Public Utilities Commission is deliberating now -- a final decision is currently pending.
Rocky Mountain Power claims that net metering raises costs for other users, even though studies have shown exactly the opposite. But Buffett’s real reason is much more self-centered: rooftop solar cuts into the profits of his utility. If the changes Buffett seeks go through, they would destroy the solar market in Utah, costing thousands of jobs and slowing the fight against climate change.