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California regulations have made it costly and confusing for residents to install plug-in portable solar panels. Lawmakers ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers are advancing legislation that solar advocates say could undermine the state’s rooftop solar program and reduce home values for millions of customers.

The legislation has faced broad opposition from solar customers, the solar industry and environmentalists. A bill to slash payments for rooftop solar panels moved forward in the California Legislature ...

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California’s trailblazing energy equity program redefines access to renewable energy using the SGIP residential solar and storage equity incentive, providing historic funding assistance to low-income ...

California Assembly Bill 942 would end net metering for homes with solar panels upon sale of the property. The bill aims to address the cost shift from solar users to non-solar users, estimated at ...

The future of incentives for newly constructed solar panels got a bit brighter last week. A group of legislators took initial steps to ensure solar energy and batteries continue to be excluded from ...

An Assembly committee backed away on Wednesday night from a controversial provision in a proposed bill to end solar credits for 2 million owners of rooftop solar systems, saying it would apply only to ...

California is often criticized for high electricity costs and slow development timelines. Rightly so: My electricity bill has doubled in a decade, and as a renter I can’t buy solar or batteries to cut ...

The controversial decision to cut the bill credit awarded to residents and small businesses for exporting solar to the grid in California is now set to undergo legal review. The California Supreme ...

California is often criticizedfor high electricity costs and slow development timelines. Rightly so: My electricity bill has doubled in a decade, and as a renter I can’t buy solar or batteries to cut ...