“The changes to net metering approved by the CPUC are a step backwards when we really need to be moving forward with solar and battery storage. It is a dark day in California when the utility regulators try to block out the sun.” Sacramento, CA—The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
“The CPUC's final proposal is a loser for California on many levels. The proposal is a step backwards when we really need to be moving forward with solar and battery storage. It is a dark day in California when the utility regulators try to block out the sun.” Sacramento, CA—The
110 farmers and agricultural business leaders call on Governor Newsom and CPUC to support the Net Energy Metering Aggregation (NEMA) program as utilities push to end it. SACRAMENTO—A group of 110 California farmers and agricultural businesses signed an open letter to Governor Newsom and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC),
DAY OF ACTION ACROSS THE STATE TO SAVE SOLAR California—Coalitions of energy consumers, climate activists and green workers held rallies across California today, calling on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and Governor Newsom to keep rooftop solar growing and affordable. The CPUC is considering changes to “net energy metering,”
Sacramento, CA—The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released a revised proposed decision today on solar net energy metering. Though the proposal avoids unfair and illegal solar taxes and fees, it would make solar less affordable by reducing the credit consumers receive for contributing their excess solar energy back to the
CHICO—Over 50 local solar supporters turned out to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) meeting in Chico on Thursday, urging commissioners to keep rooftop solar growing and affordable. Solar is currently growing fastest in working and middle class neighborhoods and helping to advance California’s race to clean energy. That progress
SACRAMENTO—Over a thousand solar supporters, representing a diverse coalition from all over California, gathered at the state capitol for an “Everyone Under the Sun Festival and Rally” to celebrate California’s clean energy progress and urge Governor Newsom to keep solar growing for California energy consumers in all communities. Photo by
“Meeting the goal of 90 percent clean energy is impossible without a lot more rooftop solar.” Sacramento, CA—Today Governor Newsom signed a package of legislation aimed at addressing climate change, including advancing California’s clean energy goal to 90% clean electricity by 2035. Bernadette Del Chiaro, executive director of the California
This week’s record-breaking heat wave stressed California’s electric grid but, once again, distributed customer-sited batteries, charged up by solar panels, helped keep the lights on. An analysis by the California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA) shows that California had more than 80,000 customer-sited batteries connected to the electric grid capable
CALIFORNIA—Solar workers, consumers, clean energy advocates, community leaders, conservationists, and climate activists are rallying at investor-owned utilities across the state over the next two weeks to protest a utility-backed proposal to tax rooftop solar and drastically reduce the credits consumers receive for selling their solar energy back to the grid.
