Sunrise brief: IRA to drive $114 billion in U.S. renewable energy investments by 2031
Also on the rise: Is NEM 3.0 based on flawed modeling? Virginia governor kills Ford-CATL battery plant, calling it a “front for the Chinese Communist Party”. And more.
Three groups appeal to CPUC to reconsider NEM 3.0
The California Public Utilities Commission should redo its analysis because NEM 3.0 is based on flawed modeling, the groups said.
California cuts rooftop solar net metering: An industry reacts
Reactions to the passage of NEM 3.0., a rulemaking procedure that reduced rooftop solar export payments by 75%.
Most-read news stories of 2022
What a year it has been for the U.S. solar industry and for pv magazine usa, which had the highest readership in its history. Here we share what sparked our readers’ interest in 2022.
Sunrise brief: California pulls the plug on rooftop solar
Also on the rise: Is Auxin going to sue to overturn the pause on solar tariffs? Solar wafer production coming to America.. And more.
California pulls the plug on rooftop solar
The Public Utilities Commission approved Net Energy Metering 3.0, slashing payments for sending rooftop solar production to the grid. New rooftop solar projects are now considered uneconomical without an attached battery.
Don’t let the solar lights go out in California
California deserves its shining reputation as an incubator of innovative environmental policies that protect our planet. But the Golden State is now at risk of dimming its own success.
Rallies underway in 10 California cities to combat anti-rooftop solar policy
In opposition to a 75% cut of utility payments for excess rooftop solar customer production, California residents, environmental activists, and renewable energy workers will hold rallies across the state on Thursday, December 1, calling on the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and Gov. Gavin Newsom to keep rooftop solar growing and affordable.
Sunrise brief: California rulemaking to cut solar net metering payments by 75%
Also on the rise: Guidance for solar tax credit prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. Battery manufacturer to install massive 3.8 MW rooftop solar system at Pennsylvania HQ. And more.
California rulemaking to cut solar net metering payments by 75%
A vote is expected mid-December on a rulemaking change that would severely dampen the value of new rooftop residential solar installations in the nation’s largest market.
