California energy regulators on Thursday adopted a new framework for the state\u2019s community solar program that infuriated some renewable energy developers hoping to participate in it.<\/p>\n
What happened: The California Public Utilities Commission voted to set a new standard for how much money developers of community-based solar projects get paid for their installations, adopting a lower rate than a coalition of developers had wanted.<\/p>\n
Why it matters: The 3-to-1 vote is another blow in a long series of losses for advocates of the community solar model, in which residents and businesses are able to get energy from nearby, mid-sized solar energy projects. A $250 million federal grant was previously the centerpiece of California\u2019s ambitions, but the Trump administration canceled the Solar for All program last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cToday\u2019s vote is doubling down on failure,\u201d Derek Chernow, executive director of Californians for Local Affordable Solar and Storage, a coalition of developers, said in a statement. His group\u2019s press release said that the program is \u201cunworkable and destined for continued failure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California energy regulators on Thursday adopted a new framework for the state\u2019s community solar program that infuriated some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-361285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}