San Francisco Chronicle - Gov. Jerry Brown is clearly passionate about climate change. On Tuesday he said that he’s planning legal action to help defend President Obama’s new greenhouse gas-reduction regulations. Next month, he’s also traveling to Paris for a major United Nations summit on climate change.
Here Comes the Sun
California Current - Come December, the California Public Utilities Commission faces a stark decision. It either can end net metering for emissions-free rooftop solar and embrace a utility-backed alternative many warn could kill the rapidly growing industry in California, or it can keep net metering or some arrangement that’s roughly equivalent.
Utility, solar industry negotiate tariff deadline
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego Gas & Electric agreed Wednesday to negotiations with rooftop solar providers to resolve what happens if the current solar tariff expires before new rules are finalized next year by the California Public Utilities Commission.
Proposed state fee would end solar savings
San Francisco Chronicle - California consumers are embracing rooftop solar with practical enthusiasm, bringing the state halfway toward its goal of a million solar rooftops by 2020. New rules proposed by a state agency, however, would impose fees that would wipe out the savings of solar, effectively ending customer choice for middle-class California ratepayers.