Newsom- Reject PG&E's License to Burn!

Will you take action to cancel Newsom’s License to Burn, hold PG&E accountable, and build toward the safe, reliable energy system that we all need?

PG&E was found liable for the cause of the Dixie Fire, the second largest fire in California history. We already knew that the corporate monstrosity caused the massive fire and filled our lungs with smoke- but CalFire’s report comes at an important time, as PG&E’s safety certificate, or as we call it, their “License to Burn” is up to be renewed or rejected by February 10th.

What is the “License to Burn”? It allows PG&E to continue it’s deadly, dangerous ways while avoiding the costs and consequences for negligence that has burned our families down. With the License to Burn in hand, PG&E can bail themselves out to the tune of 1.1 billion dollars in damages from the Dixie Fire- money that comes right out of our pockets. The License to Burn needs to be rejected, and Newsom has his chance to do so in the next few weeks.

This all happens while PG&E and other corporate utilities have struck an enormous blow to our ability to build a new energy future- by undercutting California’s rooftop solar program, and lobbying to keep the new ways we must generate renewable energy under corporate, not community control. Here too, Newsom has a chance to stop PG&E, and push for a distributed energy future that we need.

And last week, the Governor announced a budget with billions of dollars in our clean energy future- but every one of those investments runs the risk of retrenching power in the hands of a corporate boardroom, not in the many hands of the people of California. Newsom can push to ensure that every climate investment- from microgrids and resilience centers, to local clean energy production, is controlled by the community, not the corporations.

It’s a big month for the future of California, and for the Governor’s energy justice legacy. He has to act, and act now.

Will you join us and tell Governor Newsom:

  • Reject PG&E’s License to Burn

  • Protect and expand rooftop solar, especially for low-income, BIPOC communities

  • Use the state budget surplus to make significant investments in clean, resilient, and distributed energy systems that prioritize benefits for environmental justice communities, not corporations.


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