George Skelton: There's a battle brewing over changes to California solar incentives. Newsom is in the middle
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rooftop solar is generating intense heat on Gov. Gavin Newsom. And he's quietly trying to cool it down.
He's doing that by pressuring warring interest groups and the California Public Utilities Commission.
Governors and interests regularly pressure one another. It's part of the political playbook.
But the PUC is officially an independent agency. And governors aren't supposed to lean on the commissioners in their policymaking. Wink, wink.
Successful governors do, of course. They'd be negligent not to. They appoint all five members and name the president. Governors often get credit or blame
