Featured in Material change – 03-2024

Californian batteries prove solar’s NEM-esis

The transition to California’s new net metering, ‘NEM 3.0,’ regime was justified, in part, as a way to support residential energy storage installations but the state policy has pushed rooftop solar off a cliff.

By

Ryan Kennedy

11 Mar 2024

Demand for rooftop solar has crashed in California since the introduction of NEM 3.0. Several other states are mulling similar cuts to PV net metering programs. | Photo: Sunrun

California, once known as a clean energy leader, has fallen off track with its clean energy goals. That was the view shared recently by the California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA) during a panel discussion at the Intersolar North America 2024 conference in San Diego, California.The state passed a bill in 2018 targeting 100% carbon-free …

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