Oroville deserves a microgrid, not a debt. We support Solar, but we demand the City say ‘NO’ to the expensive, dirty biomass phase of BREI’s plan.
Biomass is almost 5x MORE EXPENSIVE than solar.
“utilities and environmental groups support ending this costly subsidy… but the biomass industry is fighting back with misleading claims that its projects are made clean by ‘new’ technology or that they’re needed for wildfire safety. Don’t be fooled. Californians get hit with those extra costs in our power bills, along with pollution that harms our health and climate.”
— Shaye Wolf, Climate Science Director, Center for Biological Diversity (January 2026)