California renters will now have access to community solar
A new market for residents to opt in to renewable energy contracts opens in California following Gavin Newsom’s signature on the Community Renewable Energy Act. The law will now be evaluated and implemented by the California Public Utilities Commission.
California to ban gas-powered car sales by 2035
The electrification of transportation is set to boost the need for solar energy buildout.
California “don’t tax the sun” rooftop solar rally planned
In opposition to the proposed NEM 3.0, thousands of Californians are planning to gather in Los Angeles and San Francisco to submit comments to Governor Gavin Newsom and the CPUC at 10:30 am on June 2.
For the first time in history, California’s demand was 100% matched by renewable energy generation
On Saturday afternoon, as the sun shined brightly, solar PV and other renewables generated 100% of the state’s needs for about fifteen minutes.
California NEM 3.0 delayed indefinitely
The proposal, which came under fire from industry leaders, environmentalists, and working Californians, was called a rooftop solar-killing measure. Meanwhile, a new state board granted PG&E a provision to raise electric rates to recover its losses from the wildfires for which it was found liable.
“Taxing the sun”; experts call for changes to potential California rooftop solar-killing proposal
Net Energy Metering (NEM) 3.0 is expected to crush rooftop solar as proposed. In an Environmental Working Group (EWG) webinar, experts debunked NEM’s assumptions, forecast the damage the proposal would cause to California’s environment and communities. The group issued a call Governor Newsom to shut down the proposal, which many are calling a “tax on the sun”.
Grid expert slams NEM 3.0 as “proposed dystopia” in ROTH Capital webinar, offers ten reasons why
Utility rate design expert and economist-at-large Dr. Ahmad Faruqui appeared on a webinar led by Philip Shen, managing director at ROTH Capital Partners, and explained why he views the proposed California solar net metering rate design as disastrous and called upon Governor Newsom to intervene.
Politicians talk a green game, but do they have solar on their home rooftops?
The Solar Power Challenge website aims to identify the politicians who support solar and have the rooftop panels at home to prove it. The results will not surprise you.
Morning Brief: Solar going to the dogs, How clean energy can prepare for the next attack
Also in the brief: L3Harris Technologies and Lightsource bp are bringing a 135-MWac solar farm to Ellis County, Texas, California Governor Gavin Newsome considering the Salton Sea for lithium exploration.
PG&E, but run by the people
California Governor Gavin Newsom, in expressing his dissatisfaction with PG&E, has proposed that it is not out of the question that the state could intervene in the restructuring of the utility. But what would this kind of government intervention look like and what would it mean for solar?
