The battle over California’s controversial rooftop solar policy is heating up. (PV Tech)
Non-profits are petitioning CA’s Supreme Court to overturn a March appeals court decision upholding net energy metering 3.0. This policy cuts compensation for consumers’ excess rooftop solar generation and incentivizes residential energy storage systems. The organizations claim that NEM 3 was “sought” by PG&E, San Diego Gas & Electric, and SCE, and that the lower court overlooked the cost-saving benefits of small-scale distributed solar.
Reality check: CA’s solar industry is currently staying afloat by working through a backlog of legacy NEM 2.0 projects. Now, one advocate warns of a massive shock when that legacy pipeline finally dries up…just as federal rooftop solar tax credits are set to expire.