it s about profit versus loss. tax collectors versus the taxpayers. correspondent william la jeunesse lays it all out for us. there will be screwups and bankruptcies. indictments and deaths. but we are going to keep going. critics be damned says governor jerry brown who backed solar energy regardless of cost or consequence. we re opposed to that obviously because we will be the ones to live with it forever. riverside is home to more solar energy than anywhere else. but some call at it tax and rate payer ripoff. on the face it looks like a big deal. talk about the judge job and long-term benefit to county but we will carry the burden of having the facilities for decades to come. there isn t a single energy source in the united states that isn t subsidized right now. this is leveling the playing field for solar.
we were told it is clean and cheap. some in california are finding out it is not. there will be screw ups, bankruptcies, indictments and deaths but we are going to keep going and nothing is going to stop me. reporter: critics be dammed says governor jerry brown who backed solar energy no matter of cost or consequence. we are the people living with it for ever. we are opposed to it. reporter: riverside county is home to more molar energy than anywhere in the u.s. some call it a taxpayer rip off. they talk about all the huge jobs and long-term benefit to the county. we will be carrying the burden of having these types of facilities for decades to come. there isn t a single energy source in the united states that isn t subsidized right now. this is leveling the playing field for solar. the truth is that the cost for solar power is going consistently down. reporter: costs are dropping but solar is still up to five
cost or consequence. we are adamantly opposed to that because we are the people living with it forever. reporter: riverside is home to more solar energy than anywhere else in the u.s. after billions of tax incentives and subsidies some call it a rip off. on the face of it it looks like a good deal. they talk about the huge jobs and long-term benefit to the county. we will be carrying the burden of having these types of facilities for decades to come. there isn t a single energy source in the ooh neate the united states that isn t subsidized right now. the truth is that the cost for solar power is going consistently down. reporter: costs are dropping but solar is still up to five times more expensive than conventional energy, and those plants tip he can lee play millions in local property taxes while solar pays next to nothing. when riverside tried to impose an impact fee big solar sued. the reason that we decided to litigate the riverside county tax is because it was an ill