Utility Companies Launch Attack Against Rising Rooftop Solar Market

Image: Solar panels on a rooftop

http://ecowatch.com - September 3rd, 2013 - Marc Gunther

Issues of electricity regulation typically play out in drab government hearing rooms. That has not been the case this summer in Arizona, where a noisy argument—featuring TV attack ads and dueling websites—has broken out between regulated utilities and the rooftop solar industry.

An internet web video attacks the California start-up companies that sell rooftop solar systems as the “new Solyndras,” which are spending “hard-earned tax dollars to subsidize their wealthy customers.”

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