“California
was
already
way
ahead
of
other
states
regarding
our
policies
in
both
climate
protection
and
renewables,
but
the
last
three
years
we
did
more,”
says
State
Assembly
member
Nancy
Skinner,
a
Democrat
who
has
co-sponsored
numerous
bills
for
solar
and
other
renewables
and,
most
recently,
legislation
to
open
the
market
for
energy
storage.
“Now
we
are
experiencing
a
very
big
push-back,
from
the
utilities,
from
various
companies,”
she
told
a
gathering
of
solar
executives
on
the
sidelines
of
Intersolar
North
America.
“It’s
sort
of
like,
‘Oh,
you’ve
given
those
renewable…
