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California Residents Increasingly Pairing Battery Storage with Solar Installations

July 22, 2024 admin batteries, california energy storage, california net metering, california solar, california solar energy, california solar net metering, clean power, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, net metering, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar net metering

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 16:08:18 +0000

California residents are increasingly pairing battery storage with solar installations, according to the latest preliminary data in our Monthly Electric Power Industry Report. The share of new residential solar photovoltaic systems paired with batteries has increased since we began collecting data in October 2023. In April 2024, more than 50% of … [continued]

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Net Metering 3.0 Rules Create Chaos In Rooftop Solar Market In California

May 30, 2024 admin California, california net metering, clean power, nem 3.0, net metering, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 21:54:57 +0000

The California PUC has disrupted the rooftop solar industry with new net metering rules that went into effect in April of last year.

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Are California Regulators Waiting To Crush Rooftop Solar Until After The Election?

October 10, 2022 admin California, california net metering, california public utilities commission (cpuc), california solar energy, clean power, ewg, gavin newsom, pge&e, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar rights alliance, subsidies

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:00:31 +0000

Courtesy of the Environmental Working Group SAN FRANCISCO — Fearing voter backlash, California regulators may hold off issuing their proposed decision on a utility proposal to stifle the state’s rooftop solar program until after the November election, according to an October 3 email bulletin from the San Diego–based nonprofit Solar Rights Alliance, citing credible sources. […]

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California’s Electricity Rates Should Be Unbundled — Op-Ed

September 12, 2022 admin California, california net metering, california solar energy, california solar net metering, clean power, electricity prices, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar net metering, subsidies, utilities

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 22:49:33 +0000

The discussion about California’s grid, rooftop solar energy, and net metering goes on. Following up on the comments under this article and then this article as well as years of debate, research reports, lobbying, solar industry pushback, and a net metering update that seems to be in complete limbo, below is a comment from CleanTechnica […]

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Why Rooftop Solar Power Investments Are Worth It, & Why California Solar Net Metering Might Not Be Fair — Competing Op-Eds

September 11, 2022 admin California, california net metering, california solar energy, california solar net metering, clean power, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar net metering, solar prices, subsidies

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 16:19:38 +0000

We have some of the most informed readers in the world, but that doesn’t mean they agree on everything. In fact, sometimes they have feverish yet well informed debates that genuinely use logic (rather than ad hominem attacks and other logical fallacies) to discuss different technology or policy approaches. I was just reading through the […]

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Is California Becoming Anti-Solar?

February 7, 2022 admin California, california net metering, california public utilities commission (cpuc), california solar energy, clean power, consumer technology, net metering, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2022 06:39:05 +0000

Is California becoming an anti-solar state? It sure seems that way considering its recent desire to start charging homeowners with solar $8 per kW. The state’s utility commission also wants to cut its rooftop solar energy incentives after many years of success. Grist has noted that the new solar tax could financially hurt low-income families. […]