On September 16, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom quietly signed a community solar bill that will bust open the clean-energy revolution for all California utility ratepayers, finally making it possible for renters and homeowners who can’t afford solar panels or whose roofs aren’t solar-power friendly to participate.

There are days when hope is in very short supply. The idea that the breaking apart of things can be both illuminating and catalyzing sails through the chaos like a life line.