California’s once-thriving residential solar industry is in ruins after state officials slashed rooftop solar incentives, causing thousands of job losses, said clean energy advocates and solar industry representatives during a recent virtual briefing.

California clean energy industry rocked with widespread jobs losses, bankruptcies, following state’s dismantling of rooftop solar program::undefined

  • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
    22·
    2 years ago

    Not from California, what happened? Why was the program implemented and then scrapped?

    • PretzillaEnglish
      171·
      2 years ago

      The CPUC board, appointed by governer Newsom, gets to set the rules.

      The utilities including PGE and So Cal Edison apparently own said governer.

      • DkarmaEnglish
        317·
        2 years ago

        Logic fail. Non sequitur

        • FadesEnglish
          41·
          2 years ago

          Human fail: no brain

          • DonjuanmeEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Except how is this being pinned on newsome?

            • PretzillaEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              Gavin appoints the board. Board is corrupt. You do that math.

              Meanwhile Gavin has big political aspirations so doesn’t want to pick a fight with the utilities.

              Also meanwhile, the world burns.

    • pacologyEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      They decided to pay wholesale prices for electricity sold back to the grid instead of residential prices. That means that any excess power sold goes from around 33 cents to 6 cents, meaning that most people won’t see a change in their bills after installing solar because most households use power at night when there is no sun. This leads to people just not installing solar panels anymore.