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Controversial rooftop solar bill glides through California’s Appropriations Committee

The California State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would renege more than a million commitments to the state’s rooftop solar customers.

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Retooling residential solar for California’s NEM 3.0 era

University of California San Diego’s Design Lab joins forces with contractors and startups to reimagine residential electrification strategies amid shifting solar economics.

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California committee advances bill to break rooftop solar contracts on home sale

An amended bill that would end net metering for homes with solar once they are sold passed the California State Assembly’s Utilities & Energy Committee.

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California proposes break to rooftop solar contracts, raising average bills $63

Over one million California households that invested in rooftop solar may have their net metering contracts rescinded under the proposed bill AB 942.

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Net metering policies see significant revision in states across the U.S.

The recent 50 States of Solar report from NC Clean Energy Technology Center identifies three trends in state policy activities and the top five distributed solar actions in Q1 2025.

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California schools and municipalities need to move fast to secure solar net metering

Public entities like schools, local government buildings, public water treatment plants have until April 2026 to install and interconnect solar projects to secure more lucrative net energy metering rates.

Six ways for California to lower electricity rates

California has an electric bill affordability crisis. The Solar Energy Industries Association makes recommendations to address it.

Why rooftop solar?

California solar homeowner believes the main importance of rooftop solar is that electricity is produced where it is consumed, but it offers several additional advantages.

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Rooftop solar saved California ratepayers $1.5 billion last year, finds report

But state regulators have dampened the market, saying it poses an $8.5 billion cost to ratepayers. A report from the California Solar and Storage Association challenges this argument.

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Energy experts urge California Governor to reject anti-rooftop solar executive order

A letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom addresses the state’s electricity affordability crisis – and a misconception that rooftop solar is to blame for the high costs.

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