The California Public Utilities Commission is now looking to eliminate several of the benefits of owning solar. The proposed changes include charging higher fees to solar owners to access the grid and buying the extra energy generated by solar owners at much less than previously.
This is typical for government and California in particular. They screamed “Save the earth! Everyone should stop using fossil fuels and go solar! It costs thousands of dollars to install solar, but we’ll give you an incentive to do it! Do it for the children!!!!!” So people went and got solar. Several years later, the utility companies realized they’re not taking in as money as they used to. Now it’s “Uh…..you need to pay your ‘fair share’ for….uh…..accessing the grid.”
They’re doing this to us with cars and highways as well. They wanted people to drive electric cars….do it for the environment!!! People went and got EV and hybrid cars. Then the state started losing money on gas sales. Now they want to tax us for every mile we drive (true story).
