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A group of California legislators has called on the state Public Utilities Commission to hold two utilities accountable for delays in connecting solar PV and energy storage capacity to the grid.

California's solar and storage association has called for US$10 million fines for PG&E and SCE for failing to approve residential solar and storage projects applications quickly.

The capacity comes from the Arica solar PV and Victory Pass solar-plus-storage projects in Riverside County, California.

Community solar has expanded access to solar adoption to communities struggling to adopt rooftop PV, according to research from the Lawrence Berkeley Lab (LBL) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL).

The CPUC has approved requests made by utilities in the state to allow solar and storage facilities to use Limited Generation Profiles.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has released a Proposed Decision (PD) for the US state’s community solar programme that will expand existing programmes and authorise a new one yet falls short of expectations.

The legislation Assembly Bill 2619 aims to restore incentives for residents who generate clean power for the grid.

The solar industry in California “has experienced devastating results in the form of business closures and depression-level layoffs”.

The California Public Utilities Commission yesterday (16th November) voted to approve a ‘proposed decision’ changing the state’s virtual net energy metering (VNEM) scheme.

California is currently evaluating several community solar programmes, among them the NVBT which could boost solar-plus-storage projects.