Environmental Working Group: “Huge win” – California Supreme Court orders re-review of CPUC’s anti-rooftop solar changes

Aug 7 – California’s Supreme Court today delivered a major win to environmental groups challenging regulators’ decision which slashed solar net metering incentives (how much rooftop solar owners are reimbursed for the electricity they generate). The high court’s opinion means the Court of Appeal will have to reconsider the merits of the California Public Utilities Commission’s decision under a stronger, less deferential, standard of review. The Environmental Working Group, Center for Biological Diversity and Protect Our Communities Foundation filed the suit over the CPUC’s 2022 decision eviscerating the solar net metering program (aka NEM 3). Read ON.