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Federal act has
electrification incentives
There are unbelievable house electrification incentives obtainable by way of the Inflation Discount Act (IRA).
These incentives can save shoppers hundreds of {dollars} in tax credit for residential electrification upgrades and can quickly present billions in rebates for low- and moderate-income (LMI) households.
Getting fossil fuel out of houses delivers great well being advantages and is a key a part of our nationwide technique to scale back emissions.
It’s an thrilling alternative and we have to get the phrase out. Rewiring America has a easy instrument (https://www.rewiringamerica.org/app/ira-calculator) to assist residents perceive how a lot cash they’re eligible to obtain for these upgrades.
Matt Carona
Oakland
A utility tax for
inconsistent service
Re: “PG&E’s wildfire technique wants cautious scrutiny” (Web page A6, August 9).
The Aug. 9 editorial discusses PG&E’s wildfire prevention technique: reducing again on its troubled tree-trimming program and switching to gadgets that minimize energy when a fault is detected, inflicting disruptive buyer outages. They’ll save billions and nonetheless cost Californians the best charges within the nation.
However wait, there’s extra. In mid-2022, the California Legislature handed AB 205, a “finances trailer invoice” with a provision for a brand new month-to-month utility tax. The California Public Utility Fee (CPUC) will vote on the brand new tax round June 2024, and it might cross.
Our Legislature has time to make amends. Contact your representatives right now to writer a brand new invoice to recap the utility tax. Or direct the CPUC to do the identical earlier than this invoice goes into impact.
Rene Smart
Fremont
Each events want
change on the high
Change might not be inevitable however would definitely be welcomed. Each the Democrats and the Republicans appear so entrenched of their ideologies and dogma that they’ll’t entertain various concepts and doable compromise, nor can they acknowledge variety and lodging.
Longevity and age could also be contributing to the present political mutiny now plaguing america. The de facto leaders of each political events have reached Social Safety age, and so they have little, if any, endurance with opinions and habits completely different from their very own. It’s normally “my method or the freeway.”
America’s popularity all through the world has diminished considerably; a number of opponents and even smaller nations are inclined to view america as weak or not reliable. A change within the management of each political events is required, and a return to American greatness beneath a contemporary management idea is important to save lots of “America the gorgeous.”
Franklin Burroughs
Walnut Creek
Nation has no want
of wannabe king
“When any person is president of america, the authority is complete,” former President Trump mentioned at a information convention on April 13, 2020. “I’ve an Article 2, the place I’ve the appropriate to do no matter I need as president,” he boasted to supporters on July 23, 2019.
In 1776, these with complete authority and who might do something they needed had been known as kings. Additionally in 1776, the colonies acquired collectively and declared their independence from England. A Revolutionary Warfare was fought and received by patriots, preventing the redcoats, for our freedom from the tyranny of King George III.
Now we’ve got folks sporting purple hats supporting a wannabe king, and sarcastically calling themselves patriots. I hope they’ve a chance to look at not less than one very partisan trial with Republican after Republican after Republican patriot testifying in opposition to this wannabe king after which resolve if they need one other king.
Bob Wheeler
Walnut Creek
Article taints science
with base politics
Re: “‘Oppenheimer’ misses the mark with sacred Hindu textual content” (Web page A6, Aug. 11).
