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A group of non-profit organisations is petitioning California’s high court to review a recent decision that upheld the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) net energy metering 3.0 (NEM 3) policy for rooftop solar installations.

The California Court of Appeals has upheld the state's ongoing net energy metering programme, NEM3.0, dealing a setback to rooftop solar.

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”.