The California Public Utilities Commission is signaling that regulators are ready to unveil new rules for the state’s solar marketplace. The changes could completely change the nation’s largest solar market.
The CPUC proposal also slashed the price of electricity that utilities were forced to buy from homeowners who generated extra power.Solar industry backers called the rules a disaster.
The resulting slowdown in solar installations would endanger 67,000 jobs and make it impossible for California to meet its greenhouse gas emission goals. “It should have been done in less than a year and now we’ve been going on for two years,” said Brad Heavner of the California Solar and Storage Association. “So, it’s all quite strung out and hopefully it gets resolved at this point, finally and reasonably for all parties concerned.”
"They want, and they haven’t said this, indicates that they want comment on perhaps a revised proposed decision,” said Kathy Fairbanks.
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