San Francisco Chronicle: California has made a significant commitment to support the development of a vibrant solar industry. In 2006, SB1 established the California Solar Initiative. The initiative’s ambitious goal is to place solar electric systems on a million California roofs by 2016, with a total generating capacity of 3,000 megawatts, equivalent to the peak output of three large nuclear reactors. Initiative critics claim that solar electricity is too expensive, and that the money spent on solar …