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After A Million Solar Roofs, Former State Governors Call For A Million Solar Batteries

Two former governors were in Clovis today to celebrate renewable energy milestones. At Clovis Unified’s Buchanan High School, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown were presented with the one-millionth solar panel to go on a roof in California. The panel in question was about the height of a door, and double the width. It took two people to carry it out on stage. Flanked by high school students and solar workers, the former governors touted the state’s energy policies, and took a jab at the federal government. “They don’t have to come up with a New Green Deal or anything new,” said Schwarzenegger. “They should just go and copy California.” Schwarzanegger also said that the state consistently has “under-promised and over-delivered” in achieving its goals. In 2006, Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill incentivizing solar roof projects with the goal of developing a million solar roofs in the state. Now that over a million roofs have been converted, he and Brown are turning their
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