Governor Newsom's CPUC has proposed to break your solar contract, slash your solar credit, and slap you with a solar tax. These changes would apply to ALL solar customers who signed up for solar before April 2023 (NEM1 and NEM2). Our best chance of stopping this proposal is to make it Dead On...

Great article in the LA Time today with good research on exposing the false cost shift narrative being pushed by pro-utility groups: My fav quote: "Although general inflation increased by about 18% from 2019 to 2023, the analyst said, rates charged by the three utilities have climbed 48% to...

Same... hoping this is just a short term set back, but worried this is reflective of significant cuts in federal funding support for clean energy projects, R&D and companies in general. The fox is in the hen house...

Imagine a world where every home, school, and business is powered by the sun – no middlemen, no utility monopolies, just clean, cheap energy flowing directly to you. This is the promise of distributed solar energy, and it's closer than ever to becoming a reality. Here's why you should care...

Agree with the other comments. Many changes should be made... Here are my suggestions: Software Tool Flexibility: Solar Providers should be allowed to use a software tool of their choice for solar-only and solar-plus-storage simulations, as long as it meets certain detailed criteria. The...

There's also a good blog on this site about O&M issues called "Solar O&M: Where's The Dough?" I boought the CleanTech Docs O&M Agreement after reading the blog post.

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Yes, this is called a "non-export" solar system configuration. This type of non-export solar system requires setting up the solar system with a battery storage solution. Eg.., the goal is to generate and store enough electricity to meet your own energy needs without exporting excess power...

CA SGIP program has rebates for energy storage in CA. I think some CCAs in CA are also looking into offering storage rebates. Fyi - the SGIP program is quite confusing to navigate and the amount/availability of the rebate depends on a number of criteria such as income thresholds, high fire...

I'm interested in modeling tools for both commercial and residential, but I posted this in the commercial thread instead of both.

I'm interested in hearing people's perspectives on what they think would be the best government policy to grow the onsite storage market for homes/businesses more quickly.

Love this. We might look into this for our kids school. Thanks for posting