PG&E has made every effort to capture regulators and it has paid off handsomely -- residential solar in CA is being shut down by policy.
Reducing actual demand for PG&E electricity is not in the best interest of regulators, that much is clear.
Reducing actual demand for PG&E electricity is not in the best interest of regulators, that much is clear.
Residential solar is being mandated by policy, slightly reducing the incentive to build it by shaving off a portion of the per kWh charge and replacing that portion with a connection fee wouldn’t kill it even if the mandate wasn’t there. Which, again, it is.