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California Appropriations Committee swiftly passes bill that will break NEM...

California leadership continues to find new ways to devalue home solar. The California Assembly Appropriations Committee voted to pass AB 94...

May 23, 2025
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Calling out illegal cheap batteries | The Buzz

Jeff Spies, president of Planet Plan Sets, is increasingly concerned that the solar and storage industry is facing the biggest safety challe...

November 7, 2024
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Prelim injunction granted: California solar contractors can still install batteries...

A preliminary injunction ruling halts enforcement of a California rule that would severely restrict solar contractors from installing and se...

September 27, 2024
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Injunction filed to halt California rule that restricts solar contractors...

A coalition of clean energy, consumer protection, and environmental groups filed a motion today seeking a preliminary injunction to halt enf...

July 25, 2024
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EnergyHub earns CEC grant to expand California virtual power plants

EnergyHub is set to expand California VPPs. EnergyHub, an independent subsidiary of Alarm.com, and a provider of Edge DERMS, was awarded a C...

June 17, 2024
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California License Board votes to severely limit solar contractors installing...

The California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) approved a new rule late last week that would prohibit licensed solar contractors from...

April 25, 2024
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Milestone decision by Calif. regulators approves DER schedules to avoid...

The California Public Utilities Commission just issued a significant decision allowing renewable energy systems to be approved to interconne...

March 21, 2024
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California lawmaker introduces bill to repeal NEM 3.0

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill to repeal damaging energy policies that have curtailed the state’s solar industry. Assembl...

February 15, 2024
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Video: Surviving the NEM 3 California solar market

California solar installers experienced a disastrous 2023 as soon as the NEM 3 rate changes took effect. The California Solar and Storage As...

January 15, 2024
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Solar champions outraged by CPUC decisions that (further) gut net...

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved further cutbacks to the state’s net billing incentives for distributed sola...

December 11, 2023
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Growing agrivoltaics: Conference harvests California, German know-how for farmland solar

Mechatron Solar’s new dual-axis AgriTracker at RE+ 2023. California and Germany are comparing notes on agrivoltaics development in an ...

November 15, 2023
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Fate of solar self-consumption on the line in California this...

Update Oct. 10: This post has been updated to reflect a new date for the CPUC vote The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is expe...

October 9, 2023
Projects catalyze community solar farm ecr
New community solar farm a first for SoCal Edison under...

The newly launched 3.8 MWdc Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm in Adelanto, California, marks the first project under California’s ...

August 9, 2023
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CEC approves virtual power plant program to tap distributed batteries...

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a new virtual power plant (VPP) program that will tap into thousands of solar-charged batter...

July 31, 2023
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New Calif. study shows large urban roofs the best option...

As California policymakers consider the state’s new community solar program and craft a state budget, new research shows tha...

June 13, 2023
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California CCAs procure 15 MW of solar power, 8 MWh...

Renewable America will provide more than 15 MW of solar power coupled with 8 MWh of energy storage to four different community choice aggreg...

May 2, 2023
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San Francisco pilots SolarAPP+ to speed residential solar permitting

The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection is now piloting SolarAPP+, a web-based application enabling California licensed contract...

February 21, 2023
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How drastically California NEM 3.0 reduces solar energy export rates

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released a revised net energy metering (NEM) proposed decision in November, and this revis...

December 1, 2022
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Five takeaways from California NEM 3.0 remix

California is taking a new shot at designing residential solar incentives after a revision proposed in December 2021 raised the ire of nearl...

November 11, 2022
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California revised NEM 3.0 proposal removes fees, but cuts average...

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released a revised proposed decision today on solar net energy metering. Though the propos...

November 10, 2022
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