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Committee advances bill to reduce solar cost shift to non-solar ratepayers; opponents warn of contract and implementation issues
Summary
AB 942 would revise rooftop solar subsidy structures affecting investor-owned utility customers to reduce a cost shift to non-solar customers, according to the bill's author and supporters; solar-industry witnesses warned about contracts, PUC implementation burdens and potential unintended consequences.
Assemblymember Calderon presented AB 942, which she said would revise long-standing rooftop solar subsidy structures to reduce a cost shift onto non-solar ratepayers. Calderon and supporters said the net energy metering (NEM) subsidy shifted roughly $8.5 billion onto non-solar customers in 2024 and that reforms would save non-solar ratepayers roughly $3.5 billion over the next 20 years while redistributing some climate-credit funds to help renters and low-income customers.
Support testimony came from labor and…
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