Environmental & Energy
Dec. 21, 2023
Justice warns CPUC over solar electricity rate policy
Last year, the commission greatly reduced the rebates owners of small rooftop solar arrays receive when they pump power back into the electricity grid.
A state appellate court ruled Wednesday that it lacks the authority to “second guess” the California Public Utilities Commission policy on solar electricity rates. But one justice warned the commission it may need to “course correct” if the policy devastates the solar industry, as critics have warned.
“In reviewing the Decision, we may neither second-guess the Commission’s balancing of those interests nor substitute our own view of the opt...
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