California Can’t Keep the Lights on or Fight Climate Change Alone
Clean power is cheaper and essential to fighting climate change. By fixing and passing SB 540 this year, California will have the modern power grid needed to build a clean energy future the fastest, cheapest way possible.
Leading advocates for the environment, labor unions, utilities, power producers, consumers, and technology all share significant concerns about Senate amendments to SB 540, which undermine the bill’s potential to unlock a more affordable, reliable clean power future for California by collaborating with our neighbors across the West. We urge lawmakers to act decisively and fix this bill. Otherwise, Californians will pay more for dirty power.
— Governor Gavin Newsom
A Simple Choice
State leaders are rightly focused on making California a more affordable place to live. By fixing SB 540, California will help keep power bills in check while expanding clean power access. Our families and businesses would save more than $1 billion on annual energy costs while climate emissions decline 58 percent in California and 39 percent across the West.
— Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas
Success Through Leadership, Not Isolation.
Two initiatives are competing to coordinate 38 separate power markets across the West. Getting SB 540 right will put California at the forefront of this fast-moving revolution instead of being left behind by it.
Time is Running Out
If lawmakers don’t act now, more states will move on without California. Some have already made this choice. By getting the policy right in SB 540, lawmakers can provide a path for more affordable, reliable power and a firm financial foundation for clean energy growth and jobs.