California to Decide Fate of Solar in Biggest U.S. Market
- Proposal gives customers full credit for excess green energy
- SolarCity CEO says state will make `right decision' on policy
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California regulators are set to decide how much rooftop solar customers can get for selling their excess clean energy in a pivotal vote for the largest U.S. solar market.
The California Public Utilities Commission will consider a proposal Thursday that would continue a policy called net metering, which requires utilities to pay rooftop solar customers the full retail rate for electricity they put onto the grid. The solar industry has been largely supportive of the proposed measure while the state’s investor-owned utilities have called it unfair and say it means people who don’t have solar systems are subsidizing those who do.