cpuc

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.

NEM 3.0, the latest iteration of California’s rooftop solar net metering scheme, was passed yesterday by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Vocal public debate surrounded the legislation before the vote as solar industry workers and representative bodies called for revisions to the proposed decision.

The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) most recent net energy metering (NEM) proposal is too extreme and will discourage homeowners from adopting residential solar, according to Bernadette Del Chiaro, executive director of clean energy business group the California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA).

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a proposed community solar programme into law that will help low income communities benefit more from solar PV.