SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — California solar owners will have a new chance to get their unused solar refunds increased. California’s highest court has sent a lawsuit over rooftop solar compensation ...

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California offers a variety of rebates for energy-efficient systems, driven by both state initiatives and federal programs like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Some of the key rebate programs ...

The California Public Utilities Commission failed to abide by state law when it slashed financial incentives for residential rooftop solar panels in 2022, environmental groups argued before the ...

The window is closing for U.S. homeowners hoping to get federal tax relief for installing solar panels. As part of the recently passed legislation dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 30% ...

As the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill strips billions of dollars from solar projects across the nation, California's $20 million solar gamble called "Project Nexus" is paying off. This ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Although overshadowed so far by booming data center demand and the U.S. government's gutting of clean energy policies, California's rapid scaling of solar farms ...

Fighting about rooftop solar in California never seems to get old. Kicking off the latest conflict is legislation that would reduce the benefits that longtime solar customers receive for extra ...

Environmentalists said the state Public Utilities Commission violated state law by not considering all the benefits of the solar panels and by not ensuring that rooftop solar systems could continue to ...