The 2022 decision by the California Public Utilities Commission, which reduced payments to solar panel owners for selling excess power back to utility companies, was upheld by the state Court of Appeal in December 2023 following a lawsuit by environmental groups.
"We do not decide whether the court's ultimate conclusion that the tariff [paid to customer-generators] is consistent with [Public Utilities Code] section 2827.1 is correct or incorrect - only that the Court of Appeal erred by applying an unduly deferential standard of review to reach that conclusion."
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Currently, solar power customers who purchased their systems after April 2023 would fall under the new NEM 3.0 policy, and the compensation for excess energy generated is based on the utility's avoided cost, rather than the retail rate for excess electricity.
"We appreciate the Court's careful attention to the appropriate standard of deference for reviewing CPUC decisions," said Terrie Prosper, CPUC director of strategic communications. "We are pleased that the CPUC's decision will remain in effect as an important part of controlling electricity bills."
"Commissioners are hobbling the renewable energy transition by mischaracterizing critical opportunities for local power generation and conservation," he added in a prepared statement. "This is outrageous when so many people are struggling to pay their electric bills. I hope this ruling prompts regulators to craft a new rooftop solar policy that's in the public interest rather than padding fossil fuel utility profits."
"California needs a large, thriving rooftop solar market to meet its clean energy goals," said Bernadette Del Chiaro, senior vice president for California with Environmental Working Group in a statement. "The market is currently being stifled by the CPUC's misguided NEM 3 decision threatening to undermine not only consumer choice and grid stability but also the state's ambitious clean energy goals. We look forward to spotlighting just how illegal and out of step with California the CPUC has become."
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