Another incredible story coming out of California which has not yet been reported on! While everyone was busy gloating about the 50% RPS bill that passed in CA, few eyes have been following the NEM 2.0 debate but it’s time to change that. The Office of Ratepayer Advocates is there to represent the ratepayers (ALL of them) and is appointed by the Governor. Historically the ORA has been pro net metering and issued opinions that represented the issue fairly and accurately. It seems this has changed (politics?) because in their NEM 2.0 filing, the ORA is advocating for solar fees that are WORSE than the egregious fees the utility in Arizona was asking for. This is the same utility that dropped the issue because it was so outrageous, yet the ORA appears to be going anti-solar in CA. The key issue seems that utilities are looking for solar customers to make up for bad utility investments and subsidize non-solar energy costs in addition to fixed transmission costs. The whole thing is fishy and needs to be reported on properly. Filing is the first story today…
- Office of Ratepayer Advocates: Proposal Of The Office Of Ratepayer Advocates For Net Metering Successor
- CNBC: Wall Street goes all in on climate policy
- TWC Austin: Austin Energy’s $1.8B Plan Could be Largest Solar Deal Ever Inked
- Huffington Post: Jeb Bush Energy Plan Takes Aim At Obama Effort To Reduce Power Plant Emissions
- PV-Magazine: Australia leads world in residential solar penetration
- Washington Post: In smog battle, industry gets help from unlikely source – black business group
- New York Times: Many Conservative Republicans Believe Climate Change Is a Real Threat
- Fortune: Solar – It’s baaacck
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Have a great day!
Yann