A California appeals court just upheld the decision to slash net metering, delivering a death blow to the state’s golden era of rooftop solar incentives. (Climate Colored Goggles)
The court essentially sided with the utilities, who have claimed that premium rates for homeowners’ extra solar power created a multi-billion-dollar cost shift and raised electric bills for everyone without panels.
The next solar battleground? The emerging balcony solar movement. Bills like California's SB 868 would legalize DIY plug-in solar panels and allow renters and homeowners to bypass utility gridlock entirely.