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The California Solar & Storage Association<\/a> (CALSSA) shared a new breakdown of recent solar job losses<\/a> in every part of California.<\/p>\n

Just over seven months ago, the Gov. Gavin Newsom-appointed California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) made drastic reductions to Net Energy Metering \u2014 the program responsible for reducing the costs of going solar by compensating system owners for their energy production \u2014 by slashing the value of solar energy shared back to the grid by solar homes and businesses by 70-80% overnight. At the same time, the CPUC and Gov. Newsom promised to provide incentives for energy storage to help soften the blow but these incentives have yet to materialize.<\/p>\n

Since the CPUC\u2019s decision, the solar industry is experiencing business closures and depression-level layoffs at a time of unprecedented federal support for solar installation.<\/p>\n

A survey of California solar and storage companies found 17,000 jobs have or will be lost by the end of 2023 due the recent net metering changes. The massive job loss represents 22% of all solar jobs in California. CALSSA\u2019s new breakdown of the survey numbers estimate no part of California is spared from the pain of solar job losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Region<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Estimated Jobs\u00a0 \u00a0Lost\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0Counties\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Pacific North<\/td>\n\u00a0664<\/td>\n\u00a0Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Trinity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Sierra North<\/td>\n\u00a01,291<\/td>\n\u00a0Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter,\u00a0 \u00a0Tehama, Yolo, Yuba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Bay Area<\/td>\n\u00a02,705<\/td>\n\u00a0Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Central Valley<\/td>\n\u00a03,167<\/td>\n\u00a0Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Sacramento, San\u00a0 \u00a0Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Central Coast<\/td>\n\u00a0665<\/td>\n\u00a0Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Los Angeles<\/td>\n\u00a03,010<\/td>\n\u00a0Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Inland & Desert<\/td>\n\u00a02,848<\/td>\n\u00a0Riverside, San Bernardino<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0San Diego<\/td>\n\u00a02,651<\/td>\n\u00a0San Diego, Imperial<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\u201cAll over California we are seeing the grim reality of how the CPUC\u2019s cuts to solar are taking livelihoods away from thousands of families,\u201d said CALSSA Executive Director Bernadette Del Chiaro. \u201cNo one would expect a supposed climate leader like California to be pulling the plug on green jobs and our fastest and most accessible path to a clean energy future. But that is where we are today. Under the CPUC\u2019s leadership California is responsible for the largest loss of solar jobs in our nation\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA) shared a new breakdown of recent solar job losses in every part of California. Just over seven months ago, the Gov. 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