Regulators propose cutting rooftop solar incentives, though not by as much as a previous plan that the solar industry and climate activists sharply criticized.
from the solar industry and climate activists. A vote by the utilities commission, whose five members are appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, is expected as soon as next month.
Those changes rankled the utility companies that have pushed state officials to slash rooftop solar incentives: Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy. “The failure to finally eliminate the growing cost burden carried by non-solar customers in California is particularly troublesome given the billions of dollars in new federal clean energy subsidies that will ensure continued growth and healthy profits for large solar corporations for the next decade,” she added.Solar and wind farms can hurt the environment. A new study offers solutionsBernadette Del Chiaro, who leads the California Solar and Storage Assn.
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