A number of opinion leaders and organizations throughout the state including environmental,
renewable energy, taxpayer, senior, business, local government, labor and consumer groups are
all opposed to Prop. 7. Here is what they have to say about the poorly-written initiative:

• “Proposition 7 would devastate California’s small solar businesses by forcing us out of
  the market – eliminating a major source of clean power and thousands of jobs.”
  -Sue Kateley, Executive Director, California Solar Energy Industries Association
  
  
• “California’s renewable power market is just gaining steam under current policies.
  Proposition 7 would create uncertainty and pull us out of the marketplace and into
  administrative hearings and courtrooms. Instead of moving us forward, it would
  jeopardize the progress we’ve made,”
  -Nancy Rader, Executive Director, California Wind Energy Association
  
  
• “The better approach for California is to create policies that encourage a diversity of
  project, technologies and companies. The best way to do this is to draw upon California’s
  extensive experience and expand on successful policies. Proposition 7 will make it
  harder, not easier, to get more renewable power in California.”
  -Carrie Cullen Hitt, President, The Solar Alliance
  
  
• “Prop. 7 has many troubling provisions that would significantly increase costs for
  electricity consumers and harm the California economy. In fact, the average California
  household could see its utility bill increase by more than 300 dollars a year.”
  -Philip Romero, PhD, Former Chief Economist, California Office of
  Planning and Research
  
  
• “California consumers are still paying almost $1 billion each year – nearly $100 for
  every electricity customer – for the last energy crisis. We don’t need a poorly-written
  measure that will lead to another energy crisis and higher electric bills.”
  -Betty Jo Toccoli, President, California Small Business Association
  
  
• "(Prop.7) freezes up transmission, because it's not clear who has the authority to site
  what. It would automatically lead us to litigation."
  -Jan Smutny-Jones, Executive Director, Independent Energy Producers Association
  
  
• “Proposition 7 would lead to more bureaucracy and red tape and cost taxpayers
  hundreds of millions of dollars.”
  -Teresa Casazza, President, California Taxpayers’ Association
  
  
• “Prop. 7 would slow development of clean energy projects already underway which are
  currently providing thousands of jobs to hard working Californians.”
  -Michael Mowrey, International Vice President,
  International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
  
  
• “The California Democratic Party has been a leader in efforts to address global climate
  change and to push California to more renewable sources of power as quickly as possible.
  We cannot stand by and allow a poorly drafted measure – however well intentioned – to
  disrupt the progress we’ve made.”
  -Art Torres, Chairman, California Democratic Party
  
  
• Prop. 7 will establish a “...potentially dysfunctional, structure for the further development
  of renewable energy in California.”
  -California Public Utilities Commission, Staff Legal Analysis of Prop. 7
  September 11, 2008
  
  
• Prop. 7 could “lead to grid operation problems…”
  -California Public Utilities Commission, Staff Legal Analysis of Prop. 7
  September 11, 2008
  
  
• “…the prospects for higher electricity rates are more likely in the short term...” and the
  initiative might “…also lead to higher long-run electricity rates.”
  -Independent and Non-Partisan Analysis from the Legislative Analyst’s Office
  July 11, 2008
  
  
• Regarding the proponents claim that the initiative caps rate increases at 3%, the
  Legislative Analyst points out that “the measure includes no specific provisions to
  implement or enforce this declaration”.
  -Independent and Non-Partisan Analysis from the Legislative Analyst’s Office
  July 11, 2008
  

A separate and independent coalition of environmental and renewable power providers has been formed to also oppose Prop. 7 which includes, among others, the California League of Conservation Voters, the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club California, and the Union of Concerned Scientists. Here is what they have to say:

• “Prop. 7’s flawed provisions will disrupt renewable power development, unnecessarily
  drive up costs, and stall efforts to substitute clean power for more expensive energy
  sources.”
  - Sheryl Carter, Energy Program Co-Director, Natural Resources Defense Counci
  
  
• "Proposition 7 would likely slow down the move toward more renewable energy in our
  state because the initiative locks into law significant loopholes and other serious flaws
  that will increase uncertainty and hinder renewable development. If we're going to
  address the very serious problem of global warming, we must get the solutions right.
  Sadly, Prop. 7 gets it wrong."
  -Dan Kalb, California Policy Coordinator, Union of Concerned Scientists