As huge energy bills hit California mailboxes this month, there is no better time to jumpstart a mainstream solar power market. Today's vote promises to eclipse expensive and imported fossil fuels with clean and homegrown solar power.

Not air pollution, nor blackouts, nor soaring energy costs were enough to elevate the Million Solar Roofs bill above the politics of the day.

With rising energy prices and continued air pollution, this is exactly the kind of landmark initiative California needs. From this, we're going to see cleaner air, affordable solar energy and California regaining its world leadership in solar power.

At the end of the day, this is the biggest solar power bill in the nation.

Today's vote promises to ultimately eclipse dirty and expensive fossil fuel with clean and efficient solar power.

Going from Middle Eastern oil to coal and nukes to solve our addiction is like going from one hard-core drug to another.