California Solar Rooftop Installations Drop by 80 Percent ‘Overnight’: Report

California’s decision to change how much customers make from solar energy, which took effect last April, has pummeled the rooftop solar industry in the state.
California Solar Rooftop Installations Drop by 80 Percent ‘Overnight’: Report
A worker installs solar panels on the rooftop of a house in Pomona, Calif., on Oct. 19, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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California’s decision to change how much customers make from solar energy, which took effect last April, has pummeled the rooftop solar industry in the state, and industry experts expect a nearly 41 percent drop in sales this year.

“We expect installations to fall off sharply in 2024,” Solar Energy Industries Association spokesman Morgan Lyons, a national solar-energy industry trade association, told The Epoch Times.

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