The Ledger, every show
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Senator Becker: EV charger grid interconnection takes 70 weeks in his district
“So in my district, it takes about 70 weeks, which is hard to believe, like seven, no, seven 70 weeks to get things connected, to get new charging infrastructure, for example connected to the grid.”
Senator Becker: Oil lobby is the top donor to California's legislature
“So the number one contributor to the state legislature is the Western States petroleum initiative, right? By far.”
Senator Becker: California bundles wildfire costs and social programs into electricity rates
“The problem is we stuff lots of things into rates, right? We stuff in all the wildfire costs into rates. The care program, which is a five billion dollar program, we put that into rates. So we put everything into rates.”
Senator Becker: California spent $1B extending dirty legacy power plants
“We spent a billion dollars on dirty legacy, you know, once through cooling, heavily polluting plants, just because we might need them for, like, 15 hours a year.”
Senator Becker: California must quadruple emissions cuts to hit 2030 goals
“We're reducing emissions about one percent a year. And even to hit our own 20, 30 goals, we've got to be reducing emissions four to five percent a year.”