The California Public Utility Commission voted 5-0 to approve proposed changes to the state’s Net Energy Metering (NEM) rules.
The proposal also seeks to incentivize the installation of batteries that can store solar-generated energy during the day and reduce the demand on the grid between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. That is when the state relies heaviest on power plants that use fossil fuels.
Critics worry that the new solar rules will stunt the nation’s most successful solar marketplace. More than 1.5 million homes in California have solar panels, and the industry employs about 68,000 workers. Critics repeatedly told commissioners that NEM 3.0 is bad and comes at a time when the climate needs help. Discouraging solar adoption will make it tougher for the state to hit carbon-neutral energy goals, they said.
“Solar installations have become a major industry,” Commissioner John Reynolds said. “Our support for this industry has produced a cost shift from solar customers to nonsolar customers.”
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