PG&E came out swinging today against Prop 23 – an attempt by out-of-state oil companies to dupe California voters into voting to overturn the climate bill, AB32, that we voted for in 2006. PG&E has been joined by the first of California’s clean energy companies to respond in opposition to the new oil companies’ ballot measure Prop 23.

“California’s clean energy laws have created a thriving marketplace for solar power that is generating billions of dollars in economic growth and tens of thousands of jobs. “ says Julie Blunden VP of Sunpower: “Not only are we building businesses that construct the solar systems, but we are bringing manufacturing back to California. We are leading the nation in the development of clean energy.”

(SunPower makes the most drop-dead gorgeous solar panels in the world. One of their campuses is located within the view from my home in the East Bay.)

“Repealing our clean energy laws will stall economic investments and job growth in the fastest growing sector of the California economy”. (more…)