BILL NUMBER:  AB 2269
  VETOED	DATE: 09/28/2008




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2269 without my signature.

This bill would authorize a public utility to receive solar
incentives authorized by the SB 1 (Murray).

When I embarked on creating the Million Solar Roofs Plan, the goal
was to get 3,000 megawatts of customer-generated solar power in an
effort to encourage distributed generation to sustain our electrical
grid and build a robust and commercially viable solar industry in
California.

This bill undermines those goals by awarding solar incentives
directly to the utility rather than to their customers.  Although
this bill is narrowly tailored, signing it would open the door from
other utilities throughout the state that would seek similar
treatment.  If we wish to maintain this program, this cannot occur.
I will not sign any bill that undermines this program by shifting the
rebates it offers from customers to a publicly- or investor-owned
utility.

For these reasons, I am returning this bill without my signature.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger