California lawmakers are advancing legislation that solar advocates say could undermine the state’s rooftop solar program and reduce home values for millions of customers. Assembly Bill 942 would ...

The legislation has faced broad opposition from solar customers, the solar industry and environmentalists. A bill to slash payments for rooftop solar panels moved forward in the California Legislature ...

Last year, Governor Schwarzenegger's plan for a Million Solar Roofs in California failed in the Legislature. Majority Democrats wanted requirements for union labor that the Governor wouldn't buy. So ...

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California is changing how renewable energy and water conservation work together. In the state’s Central Valley, a new $20 million project called Project Nexus has transformed regular water canals ...

The California Public Utilities Commission failed to abide by state law when it slashed financial incentives for residential rooftop solar panels in 2022, environmental groups argued before the ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — California solar owners will have a new chance to get their unused solar refunds increased. California’s highest court has sent a lawsuit over rooftop solar compensation ...

California offers a variety of rebates for energy-efficient systems, driven by both state initiatives and federal programs like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Some of the key rebate programs ...

California isn’t just the state with the most rooftop solar panels, it’s a solar powerhouse. With its large population and a long history of policies that support renewable en ...

Fighting about rooftop solar in California never seems to get old. Kicking off the latest conflict is legislation that would reduce the benefits that longtime solar customers receive for extra ...

Environmentalists said the state Public Utilities Commission violated state law by not considering all the benefits of the solar panels and by not ensuring that rooftop solar systems could continue to ...