The ruling doesn't request feedback on one big additional charge: a monthly fee that could add as much as $60 per month for a typical rooftop system, according to trade group California Solar & Storage Association.
The solar industry, environmentalists and social justice advocates say that lowering the credit by as much as 80%, as initially proposed, would slow the growth of the solar industry and overburden low-income communities who already have less access to solar.
Southern California Edison and other utility companies aligned with the commission say the current solar credit is too high since solar has grown so much and gotten cheaper in the last 15 years. They say current solar customers, who tend to be white and wealthier, are pushing costs onto non-solar, low-income customers because of that credit. .
In a surprising alliance, environmental non-profit Natural Resources Defense Council agreed with lowering the solar credit, though they are seeking a less dramatic cut to incentives, said Mohit Chhabra of NRDC’s Climate and Clean Energy program.
Changes to the solar credit over time—or the “glide path” —can’t be a one-size-fits-all approach, Campbell added. “Lower-income communities need a different glide path than non-low-income communities,” he said. “So essentially we're saying … more monthly bill savings or a quicker yearly payback period.”In addition to keeping the solar credit as is, Campbell and other groups are pushing for a $1 billion dollar solar investment in Governor Gavin Newsom’s budget revision, which is expected to be finalized in June.
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