California Supreme Court to hear appeal seeking to overturn new rooftop solar rules. Environmental groups say the California Public Utilities Commission made the wrong call when it passed its NEM 3 decision
A trio of environmental groups opposed to recent changes to the rules affecting the 1.8 million Californians who have installed rooftop solar on their homes and businesses will get their day before the state Supreme Court.
Since solar systems can run into the tens of thousands of dollars, opponents of NEM 3 say the changes will extend a new customer’s payback period — the point where the amount of money they save in lower bills matches or exceeds the amount of money they spent to buy the system. The Protect Our Communities Foundation, the Environmental Working Group and the Center for Biological Diversity at first called on the utilities commission to rehear its decision, but they were turned down.
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