The California Public Utilities Commission is set to vote on a virtual net energy metering program would force renters to sell solar generation to the utility and buy it back at a higher rate, outlawing them from consuming their electricity directly.
The CPUC is the best example of regulatory capture in the US. For additional context, the Dollop put out an episode about PG&E earlier this year.
How to turn suburban californians into in one easy step
ah never mind, it only applies to multi-unit buildings. stealing from renters, business as usual
I'm in favor of paying residential solar users wholesale rates instead of retail rates when they are putting power into the grid, but this is pretty wild.
ok hexbears explain to me how this is communism
california is a direct democracy which means the c.p.u.c. is really a d.o.t.p. and this is about collectivizing renewable energy. it's only being resisted by petty bourgeois solar kulaks
petty bourgeois solar kulaks
Solar presents a funding problem for utilities in the same way that electric cars avoid a major funding source for roads (fuel taxes).
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