California has voted in a brilliant Million Solar Roofs program

The California Solar Initiative was announced last Friday. It involves a levy on all power users that will fund $US 2.9 billion into solar over ten years, the largest solar and energy efficiency program in the world, other than Germany's. For various summaries, go to www.cpuc.ca.gov.

For the political lobbying spin, it's worth digging up the political analysis of the decision on votesolar.org.