Utilities, Solar Industry Resume Clash Over California Net Metering Overhaul

California’s investor-owned utilities (IOUs) and the rooftop solar industry are resuming their clash over the state’s plan to overhaul its net energy metering (NEM) policy, with solar firms opposing any new charge on homeowners as illegal and the utilities emphasizing such a charge is critical to balance the program’s costs on all ratepayers. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) should recover “infrastructure and public policy costs, either through a transparent mechanism like . . . a Grid Participation Charge (GPC)...