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The California Supreme Court has taken up<\/a> a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Protect Our Communities Foundation and the Environmental Working Group<\/a> challenging the state\u2019s new NEM 3.0 rooftop solar policy. The petitioners are asking the court to review whether the California Public Utilities Commission’s NEM 3.0 decision follows state laws requiring<\/a> that net-metering policies help the rooftop solar market grow, especially in disadvantaged communities.<\/p>\n

NEM 3.0 went into effect on April 15, 2023, and cut the compensation homeowners receive for feeding excess solar power to the grid by around 75%. A 2022 <\/span>analysis<\/a> by Wood Mackenzie predicted NEM 3.0 would halve California’s rooftop solar market by 2024. Internal research by the California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA) found California was on track to lose 22% of its solar jobs <\/span>by the end of 2023<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In May of 2023, the Center for Biological Diversity and other petitioners filed a lawsuit against the decision, but an appeals court ruled in favor of the CPUC and upheld NEM 3.0. The groups now say the Supreme Court\u2019s decision to hear the appeals court\u2019s ruling is a chance to undo the damage and save solar.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court\u2019s intervention is necessary to clarify whether the commission can disregard societal benefits in setting tariffs for residential rooftop generation and fulfill its obligation to promote rooftop solar growth in disadvantaged communities under the NEM statute,\u201d said Environmental Working Group (EWG) General Counsel Caroline Leary.<\/p>\n

Center for Biological Diversity Attorney Roger Lin told Solar Power World\u00a0<\/em>he expects court briefings to take at least the summer, after which point the court will schedule oral arguments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Supreme Court\u2019s decision is a ray of hope for rooftop solar at a time when plummeting installations and massive layoffs are wrecking this vital industry and jeopardizing California\u2019s climate goals,\u201d Lin said. \u201cThe Public Utilities Commission made a huge mistake that\u2019s putting rooftop solar\u2019s benefits out of reach for working-class families. But the commission isn\u2019t immune from legal review, and I\u2019m now a lot more optimistic that we can get back to a reasonable policy that helps California fight the climate emergency and environmental injustice.”<\/p>\n

Updated at 3:33 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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