All the information I can find indicates that it remains available for new hookups. Of course, since April 2023, new hookups are under NEM 3.0, which is significantly less beneficial to the generator than earlier NEM programs.
NEM 3.0 isn't net metering. It's net billing, where exports get credited at wholesale rates.
how ass backwards
If you look at CalISO graphs, solar is very dominant already to the point where there's consistent energy exports during daytime.
Why would they want to incentivize more grid attached small solar at this point?