{"id":318,"date":"2016-01-30T10:04:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T15:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/?p=318"},"modified":"2016-01-29T10:13:35","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T15:13:35","slug":"california-solar-owners-win-in-net-metering-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/california-solar-owners-win-in-net-metering-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"California solar owners win in net metering vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Vote keeps current net metering policy in place<\/h2>\n<p>California&#8217;s net metering policy will stay in place after a voting decision that many are hailing as a huge victory for the solar industry in the state.<\/p>\n<p>California&#8217;s policy of paying net-metered solar customers retail-rate payments for excess power is a one reason why solar has taken off in the state. As far as solar power goes in the U.S., California <a href=\"https:\/\/openpv.nrel.gov\/rankings\" title=\"ranks first by a wide margin\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ranks first by a wide margin<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>That retail-rate net metering payment policy was in question, but a recent California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) vote kept it in place.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CPUC ensures customers continue to benefit from going <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/solar?src=hash\">#solar<\/a> by approving New <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/netmetering?src=hash\">#netmetering<\/a> Guidelines: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GXZ7e0j74q\">https:\/\/t.co\/GXZ7e0j74q<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEM?src=hash\">#NEM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; California PUC (@californiapuc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/californiapuc\/status\/692802827387686912\">January 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>A narrow victory for solar advocates in California<\/h3>\n<p>By a narrow margin of just 3-to-2, California&#8217;s Public Utilities Commission upheld net metering policy that largely benefits homeowners with solar panels.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling allows residential solar customers in California to keep selling the excess power they generate back to their utility at the full retail rate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inlink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/california-utility-companies-proposed-new-fees-for-solar-customers-rejected\/\" title=\"California utility companies' proposed new fees for solar customers rejected\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/solar-panels-rooftop_rfo0lk5-150x150.jpg\" title=\"California utility companies' proposed new fees for solar customers rejected\" alt=\"California utility companies' proposed new fees for solar customers rejected\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/california-utility-companies-proposed-new-fees-for-solar-customers-rejected\/\" title=\"California utility companies' proposed new fees for solar customers rejected\"><h4>California utility companies' proposed new fees for solar customers rejected<\/h4><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/california-utility-companies-proposed-new-fees-for-solar-customers-rejected\/\" title=\"California utility companies' proposed new fees for solar customers rejected\" class=\"hide375\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Debate has been ongoing for two years<\/h3>\n<p>Solar power and net metering debates are nothing new for California. Back in December 2015, California regulators recently <a href=\"http:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/california-utility-companies-proposed-new-fees-for-solar-customers-rejected\/\" title=\"rejected a proposal by state utility companies\"><strong>rejected a proposal by state utility companies<\/strong><\/a> that would have raised fees and costs for new solar customers.<\/p>\n<h3>Debate will likely continue<\/h3>\n<p>While solar-energy and net-metering debates are unlikely to end any time soon in California, solar advocates are currently enjoying the sunshine of this latest PUC vote and soaking it in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">California makes the most of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoldenState?src=hash\">#GoldenState<\/a> net metering opportunity <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VCC7DT2zWo\">https:\/\/t.co\/VCC7DT2zWo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SolarIsNow?src=hash\">#SolarIsNow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAShines?src=hash\">#CAShines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Solar Industry (@SEIA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SEIA\/status\/693081932406587393\">January 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California&#8217;s net metering policy will stay in place after a voting decision that many are hailing as a huge victory for the solar industry in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,5],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions\/324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utilitieslocal.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}