These community projects can give renters and low-income homeowners a chance to go solar, but the Public Utilities Commission’s action is unlikely to give them the option.
Flowers sprout from the dirt beneath an Imperial Irrigation District solar farm outside Niland in Imperial County on May 7, 2024. The facility was one of dozens of solar projects approved on agricultural land.On Thursday, California’s utilities regulator adopted new rules for community solar projects, despite warnings from clean energy advocates that the move will actually undercut efforts to expand solar power options for low-income customers.
In the near term, the subsidies and incentives that help promote community solar installation will remain in place, paid for by a recent $250 million grant California received under the federal Solar For All program. “We are not done here today, ” Reynolds said, adding the programs can be modified and improved in the future.
The commission’s community solar decision was quickly added to the list of what critics say is a concerning pattern of backtracking on critical renewable energy policies.
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