The expiration of the 30% federal tax credit for solar and battery installations at the end of 2025 doesn’t necessarily make ...

Last year, Governor Schwarzenegger's plan for a Million Solar Roofs in California failed in the Legislature. Majority Democrats wanted requirements for union labor ...

The California Public Utilities Commission failed to abide by state law when it slashed financial incentives for residential rooftop solar panels in 2022, environmental groups argued before the ...

Fighting about rooftop solar in California never seems to get old. Kicking off the latest conflict is legislation that would reduce the benefits that longtime solar customers receive for extra ...

Environmentalists said the state Public Utilities Commission violated state law by not considering all the benefits of the solar panels and by not ensuring that rooftop solar systems could continue to ...

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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 ...

AB 942 would cut the 20-year contract that allows utility companies to pay them for solar power generated. California Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy will hear and vote on the bill on ...

California is changing how renewable energy and water conservation work together. In the state’s Central Valley, a new $20 million project called Project Nexus has transformed regular water canals ...