"Parties on both sides of a long-running debate over the California Public Utilities Commission's controversial overhaul of rooftop solar regulations are anxiously awaiting a ruling from the state's court of appeals. Depending on what conclusion the justices reach, the decision may alter the rate of compensation that at least some of the roughly 2 million Californians with solar installations on their homes and businesses receive when their systems generate excess electricity."
"The decision may come down within the next couple of months. But if the court of appeals wishes to hear oral arguments, the ruling will be issued later in the year. There's a lot hanging on this one, said Roger Lin, senior attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, one of three environmental organizations that took their case to court against the public utilities commission, or CPUC."
A court of appeals decision will determine whether California's Public Utilities Commission NEM 3.0 rooftop solar rules remain, change, or are overturned. The ruling could alter compensation rates for excess solar generation that about two million Californians receive. NEM 3.0 ended retail-rate credits for new rooftop solar customers, replacing them with payments at avoided cost and added incentives for pairing solar with battery storage. The CPUC's five commissioners approved the 260-page update in December 2022, and the framework took effect in April 2023. Timing of the appeals court ruling depends on whether oral arguments are held.
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