Environmentalists Seek CPUC Rehearing Of New Rooftop Solar NEM Rules

Environmentalists are seeking a rehearing of the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) decision last month to overhaul its rooftop solar net-energy metering (NEM) rules, charging in part that the changes harm the ability of environmental justice communities to install the equipment. “California is drowning in climate-driven deluges, and we have to make it easier for communities to embrace rooftop solar to survive the climate emergency,” said Roger Lin, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), in a Jan...