“Don’t Tax the Sun” Tour Crossing California: Solar Supporters Protest to Stop Solar Tax Proposal that Boosts Utility Profits at the Expense of Clean Energy Needs

CALIFORNIA—Solar workers, consumers, clean energy advocates, community leaders, conservationists, and climate activists are rallying at investor-owned utilities across the state over the next two weeks to protest a utility-backed proposal to tax rooftop solar and drastically reduce the credits consumers receive for selling their solar energy back to the grid.

Solar Supporters Rally in LA and San Francisco to Stop CPUC’s Latest Solar Tax Proposal that Boosts Utility Profits at the Expense of Clean Energy Needs

“Don’t Tax the Sun” events are part of the largest ever submission of live and video-recorded public comments in CPUC history

CALSSA Statement on CPUC Reopening NEM 3 and Pushing Back a Decision Until at least July

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced today it is “reopening the record” on its net energy metering “NEM 3” proceeding, in order to gather information on some specific elements of the decision. The record reopening delays a proposed decision from the CPUC on NEM 3 until July at the earliest.