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New Jersey lawmakers look bailout Solar Developers
New Jersey lawmakers, pressed by solar-power lobbyists, will send a bill to the full Legislature that would compel utilities to more than double their solar production in 2013.
The bill – which industry lobbyists want lawmakers to pass by Monday, the end of the lame-duck session – would boost New Jersey’s solar industry, but at the expense of ratepayers and utilities, critics say.
“What the solar developers are asking for is a bailout,” said Stefanie Brand, the state’s public advocate for utility customers.
“They want to get the benefit of the system,” Brand said. “And they need more money than the market will give them.” (Schectman and Patberg, The Record)
