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Why clean energy advocates are divided over California’s plan to slash solar incentives

January 8, 2022 / By Justine Calma

Source: The Verge

California could soon end the perks it has been giving to residents with rooftop solar on their homes, even as it pledges to move entirely to clean electricity. While

PG&E has been blamed for the Dixie Fire. Now what’s in store for the company?

January 6, 2022 / By Julie Johnson

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Cal Fire confirmed this week what many in California already suspected: The Dixie Fire was caused by PG&E, when a tree fell onto the utility’s energized power lines last summer

Southern California Edison agrees to $550 million in fines for role in 5 wildfires

December 17, 2021 / By Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times

Source: Hastings Tribune

Southern California Edison faces more than half a billion dollars in fines and penalties for its role in five devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018, officials announced this week. The

Newsletter: Everything you need to know about California’s plan to slash solar incentives

December 16, 2021 / By Sammy Roth

Source: Los Angeles Times

It’s been two years since California reached 1 million solar roofs, a landmark in the fight against climate change. Now the story of solar power in the Golden State

California Considers Dropping Some Rooftop Solar Subsidies: What it Means for the Planet and Your Wallet

December 16, 2021 / By City News Writer

Source: New University

Shalimar Street was dark and, for a moment, quiet. Christmas lights hung sporadically from apartment buildings. A man walked down the sidewalk. A woman pushed a child in a stroller.

Why should rooftop solar users be subsidized by non-solar neighbors & freeload off PG&E?

December 15, 2021 / By Dennis Wyatt

Source: Manteca/Ripon Bulletin

California has big energy problems. We are persistently saddled with energy prices that are among the highest in the nation. Wildfires, snow storms, severe winds, and earthquakes can knock out

California proposes big changes to rooftop solar incentives

December 13, 2021 / By Sammy Roth

Source: Los Angeles Times

California officials want to slash payments for rooftop solar power, saying the changes would help the state achieve 100% clean energy while keeping the lights on, preventing electricity rates from

California solar industry braces for change

December 13, 2021 / By Erik Anderson

Source: kpbs

The California Public Utilities Commission is close to unveiling changes that could alter the financial windfall of installing rooftop solar. Gabe Von Wellsheim lifted up a solar panel destined for

California to propose reforms to major rooftop solar policy

December 13, 2021 / By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press

Source: ABC News

California regulators proposed major changes to the state’s booming residential solar industry Monday, including reducing the discounts homeowners with rooftop solar and storage systems get on their electric bills when

California proposes slashing subsidies for rooftop solar

December 13, 2021 / By Nicholas Iovino

Source: Courthouse News Service

California regulators plan to scale back discounts for homeowners with solar panels, a change they say will reduce costs for lower-income energy customers, under a package of proposed reforms released

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