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Legislature Passes Bill to Raise Solar Net Metering Cap
On February 18, the California legislature passed AB 510, raising the cap on net energy metering (NEM) from 2.5% of utilities' peak demand to 5%, thereby doubling the number of potential solar customers that can take advantage of this special billing arrangement.
Bill AB 920 Offers Compensation Option for Net-Metered Net Generators
Bill AB 920 will provide a compensation option to the basic NEM program for "net generators," i.e. customers who import more electricity to the grid than they export from the grid, based on a customer's 12-month annual billing cycle. The program starts on Jan 1, 2011.
CSI Solar Thermal Program Now Under Way
Under this new $350 million program called CSI-Thermal, gas and electric customers of PG&E, SCE, SDG&E, and Southern California Edison Gas (SoCalGas) will be eligible to receive a rebate for installing qualified solar water heating systems starting May 1, 2010.
