SolarCity chief: California net metering decision part of new energy paradigm

(Source: PVTECH, 2016-01-30)

California’s decision to continue its net metering programme has been hailed as part of the ongoing shift in the world’s attitude to energy by senior solar industry figures.
The state’s Public Utilities Commission voted three votes to two in favour of extending the programme. Net metering customers have secured a further three years of being compensated for their excess power at the retail rate of electricity.
SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive said the decision gave the industry the opportunity to demonstrate distributed energy’s benefits to the grid and all ratepayers, solar and otherwise, while cutting emissions and creating jobs.

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