California Reduces Incentives for Rooftop Solar Owners

California Reduces Incentives for Rooftop Solar Owners
Solar panels sit on rooftops at a housing development in Folsom, Calif., on Feb. 12, 2020. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo
Rudy Blalock
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California’s Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved a policy Dec. 15 that lessens credits for excess power for the state’s rooftop solar owners as well as alters rates in favor of those who purchase home energy storage systems.

With storage, solar users can use stored power at night or give it back to the grid.