Solar Employs More Workers Than State’s Five Largest Utilities Combined
Excerpt from California Solar Energy Industries Association website calseia.org
Sacramento – Solar power is quickly becoming an economic powerhouse in California, thanks to consistent pro-solar policies adopted at the state and federal levels. According to data contained in a recent report by the Solar Foundation, along with analysis by the California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA), California’s solar industry now employs more people than the state’s five largest utilities.
“California’s solar industry is turning sunshine into gold in the form of tens of thousands of jobs,” said Bernadette Del Chiaro, executive director of CALSEIA. “We employ over 50,000 Californians with jobs that can’t be outsourced.”
According to a study, California Solar Jobs Census 2014, released last month by the Solar Foundation, California’s solar industry employs 54,690 workers at 3,813 establishments throughout the state. In comparison, the state’s five largest utilities – PG&E, Southern California Edison, LADWP, San Diego Gas & Electric, and SMUD – employ 50,607 workers according to analysis by CALSEIA.
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