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Lengthy debate on AB 942: author amends bill but committee advances measure addressing net metering equity
Summary
AB 942 would revise elements of California's rooftop solar compensation rules; the author withdrew a proposal to convert existing NEM customers but retained a provision making the tariff transferable upon property sale and ending the climate credit for NEM customers.
Assemblymember (author, AB 942) presented AB 942 as a bill to revise California's rooftop solar compensation and subsidy rules. The author said the existing net energy metering (NEM) regime, first designed to spur an emerging industry, now results in a cost shift to non-solar customers estimated in testimony at billions of dollars annually.
The bill as amended removed an original provision that would have converted legacy NEM customers into the new net-billing tariff after a set time. The remaining provisions…
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