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State regulators proposed new fees Tuesday for rooftop solar customers but rejected several recommendations by utility companies that threatened expansion of residential and commercial solar efforts.
Under the proposal by the California Public Utilities Commission, new solar customers would face a one-time fee for connection to the electric grid. The commission estimates the fee would range from $75 to $150 per solar customer...
California regulators have proposed a future net metering regime that will preserve retail payments for residential rooftop PV.
However, the proposal would add new interconnection costs and non-bypassable charges to distributed solar systems, while also imposing new minimum bill requirements and time-of-use (TOU) rates that could complicate the solar value proposition...
In a proposed decision, CPUC has called for the basic aspects of net metering to be maintained after 2017, along with a small interconnection charge, a move to time-of-use rates and other tweaks.
Read more: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/breaking--california-regulators-propose-to-keep-solar-net-metering--with-modifications_100022464/#ixzz3uQcnAqB7
Two dozen members of California's congressional delegation urged state regulators this week to protect the compensation program for rooftop solar owners who send power to the electric grid.
In a Dec. 2 letter, the Congress members urged the California Public Utilities Commission to continue the state's "net metering" program, a benefit given to rooftop solar owners in exchange for sending the power they produce to the electric grid...
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