A controversial new plan approved by the California Public Utilities Commission will mean big changes to how homeowners who install rooftop solar systems are paid by the utility companies for the power generated by their panels.
Currently, homeowners with solar panel installations on their rooftops are paid approximately $0.30 per kilowatt-hour of energy that their system puts back on the grid.
"This is just purely a profit grab by the utilities," said David Rosenfeld, with the Solar Rights Alliance. "They're a monopoly; they've had a monopoly for more than 100 years. Their whole thing is 'You pay us, we don't pay you.' They've hated net metering right from the very beginning, they've been trying to kill it, and now today they're getting a Christmas present.
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