Californians are going to be charged an extra 25 cents per month on their electric bill for the next 10 years to help fund a new project created by the California Institute for Climate Solutions.

Paying for Results

Even though the vote for this project was practically unanimous, there are a few people who are hesitant about charging people for it.

Commissioner John Bohn thinks that the state is forcing people to pay for research that may not even deliver results.

Despite opposition, this is the only way that the California Institute for Climate Solutions will get half of the money that they need to fund the project. Another $600 million will need to be matched from other sponsors.

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It’s interesting that even though California has the strictest greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles in all of the U.S., their citizens still need to pay for additional reduction measures.

This new measure proves once again that the fight against global warming is going to be a long, extensive and expensive one.